[ The first thought that occurs to her: wisdom and comfort are unlikely bedfellows. And then: if it were feelings the girl is so worried about then she really has little to complain about. ]
If I were you, I'd count myself lucky. [ Because she assumes Kaji to be as meticulous roommate in the flesh as in the mind, surely. And Rust responsible even if irascible, seething. Mat is easily leashed. She knits her eyebrows in consternation as she questions her own judgment, telling herself that all this is just a case of the grass being greener on the other side. Maybe so. But Clarke's head isn't left with warmongers, including herself, and one acid head.
She is quiet for a long moment, gaze on the rippling surface, watching the uncanny smoothness of her skin under the water. ]
It's like an ache. It's always there, but sometimes if you try hard enough, if you focus on a single point in the future, a goal, you can make yourself forget it's there.
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If I were you, I'd count myself lucky. [ Because she assumes Kaji to be as meticulous roommate in the flesh as in the mind, surely. And Rust responsible even if irascible, seething. Mat is easily leashed. She knits her eyebrows in consternation as she questions her own judgment, telling herself that all this is just a case of the grass being greener on the other side. Maybe so. But Clarke's head isn't left with warmongers, including herself, and one acid head.
She is quiet for a long moment, gaze on the rippling surface, watching the uncanny smoothness of her skin under the water. ]
It's like an ache. It's always there, but sometimes if you try hard enough, if you focus on a single point in the future, a goal, you can make yourself forget it's there.