[ So many things. The operation, and why it had prompted the action it did. Who were the people she'd lost. What were they like.
Whether it was worth it. If it had brought her peace. Derrica doesn't think it had, but—
There is a moment of quiet. A weighing of things, trying to consider what she is about to say. ]
Everyone, [ must sound like an exaggeration. It is not. ] But it was different than what happened between you and Ellie.
[ If she hesitates after, it's only because the truth of the thing looms so large. It had been so impersonal, and so devastating. It feels unfair to set it against what Abby has experienced. ]
no subject
Whether it was worth it. If it had brought her peace. Derrica doesn't think it had, but—
There is a moment of quiet. A weighing of things, trying to consider what she is about to say. ]
Everyone, [ must sound like an exaggeration. It is not. ] But it was different than what happened between you and Ellie.
[ If she hesitates after, it's only because the truth of the thing looms so large. It had been so impersonal, and so devastating. It feels unfair to set it against what Abby has experienced. ]