[ Allen smiles, but his smile doesn't quite reach his eyes, no matter how gentle (apologetic?) it might be. What's understanding, maybe, if she looks at him a little differently than she used to—before he escaped and... everything happened. And that it's okay.
Because even if her being here now means that's right, there's a lot of things to explain and specifics and preparations to be made and all that, right now, more importantly... ]
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[ Allen smiles, but his smile doesn't quite reach his eyes, no matter how gentle (apologetic?) it might be. What's understanding, maybe, if she looks at him a little differently than she used to—before he escaped and... everything happened. And that it's okay.
Because even if her being here now means that's right, there's a lot of things to explain and specifics and preparations to be made and all that, right now, more importantly... ]
You look well. [ Hi.
It's been a while, hasn't it? ]