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he hadn't seen it coming nor does he see it now as he lays beside her basking in the warmth of her presence. he is a reactive being, favoring to remain oblivious to spare himself the anxiety of prepration. the topic of mount chimney doesn't even come to his mind.[break][break]

"it's not going to be the same question as before, is it?"[break][break]

he deflects, still choosing to remain in the dark.[break][break]

"yeah, ask away."[break][break]

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in a way, she thinks, her roving gaze memorizing the way he looks as he lays beside her. it would be easy to use his question as a fire exit. she could say yes and they could laugh and outlive her anxiety until the next rocket sets it off. but she doesn't. instead, an impulsive thought rises in her throat, far quicker than a decision can be made to not bring it up. [break][break]"who gave you the shard?"[break][break]her voice is quiet in her ears, scarcely heard above the drumming of her heartbeat.

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his mouth opens out of instinct, ready and quick to respond with something witty and gray like 'no one, it was taken out of me,', but he knows that's not what she's asking. it seems she had overheard his brief exchange with the rocket boss after all, hurricane be damned.[break][break]

"an underboss gave it to me."[break][break]

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"oh."[break][break]her thoughts turn to television static at his explanation. a numbness spreads through her, preserving herself from a memory she never wants to revisit again. but she feels it, somehow, beyond the shut-down nothingness that makes her mind feel disconnected with her body — a phantom ache in her shoulder, the almost of a desperate, gnawing emptiness. [break][break]no one knows. not from her mouth, at least.[break][break]"so they were telling the truth."[break][break]her voice sounds faraway. she's not sure if she's really talking. she doesn't even know when she sat up in bed, but she's looking down at him now like a doomsday clock ticking toward disaster. [break][break]"what happened?"

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despite the bursting of their bubble, he is not quick to react, the fire in him dull and blunted by something akin to domestication but not quite.[break][break]

"she found me at my most vulnerable."[break][break]

the lie he spins needs to be immaculate. any flaws would leave him vulnerable, and he cannot afford that.[break][break]

"i was all alone then, anna, confined to an empty house with no one around me. she knew that and used it to slither into my life."[break][break]

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"by the time i realized what was happening, her mist had already taken too much of my mind. what little of it i had left after groudon, anyway."[break][break]

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annalise sits, completely still, and lets him speak uninterrupted. a statue to lay his confessions at the feet of, or a grave to express his regrets to. a small voice in the back of her mind tells her to move, to comfort him. she knows the profound effect that mist has on a person's mind. [break][break]she had been at her most vulnerable, too, and the desire for more had infiltrated every corner of her brain, embedded itself deep down into her marrow. in that moment, every cruel impossibility seemed like a reasonable exchange.[break][break]she stays where she is, her thoughts fragmented between past and present. she's here in her room. she's there in that cell. she shouldn't have asked — his answer has only dredged up things in her that should've remained buried. they rise up her throat, acrid as bile. [break][break]"she did it to me too."[break][break]an admission quiet enough to be missed. she stares down at her hands in her lap, tracing the lines in her palms, distracting herself. [break][break]"when they took me."[break][break]her fingers curl inward, tighter and tighter until her nails bite red crescents within her fist. silence follows as her courage lapses, replaced by a trembling in her shoulders.

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"she did?"[break][break]

whatever lingering feelings of warmth and acceptance fade at the admission breathed into existence. it lures him in too effortlessly; he bites easily. hungrily. but in a way, this is good, because now he'll finally be able to move on.[break][break]

or so he hopes.[break][break]

the voice in the back of his mind is not small. space is breached as he reaches for her hand, wanting to stop her nails from digging any deeper.[break][break]

"wh—"—why didn't you tell me?—"what happened?"[break][break]

say more.[break][break]

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"yeah."[break][break]it comes out like a sigh, a ragged breath of air scraping against a tight throat. like she can't muster the strength to speak louder or enunciate the truth as it builds up in her lungs. he reaches for her fist, his skin startling warm against the cold snap of static beneath her skin, but she doesn't surrender her hand to him. instead, she twists her wrist and pulls her arm away, depriving her of any comfort that might make her fold in on herself. [break][break]and though she rejects the touch, she accepts the question. [break][break] "she came to my cell."[break][break]she speaks, slow and forceful, as she reaches into her memories. they aren't whole — they are fanned out in her mind like photographs. the prison in sootopolis. a dark-haired Elisabeth Fiorelli, beckoning her through the iron bars.[break][break]"she — she used me to ... to test her power," her voice trembles. "she — i didn't want to, but i — i-i couldn't — she made me — "[break][break]her voice winds higher and higher until it finally breaks. [break][break]and then the tears come.

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"..."[break][break]

what is there for him to say? that he's sorry that happened to her? that he waited too long to rescue her? that he should have fought harder for her? he has not forgotten all the fruitless meetings nor all the whinings of resources. the blame is not solely his to bear.[break][break]

the guilt of lying to her, however, is, but it's easier to bury it and embrace her instead. she pulled away earlier but he reaches out for her all the same.[break][break]

"i'm sorry."[break][break]

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annalise bursts into tears. there is no concealing her weeping or halting the terrible momentum of her unravelling, just the pitiful tremble in her shoulders as she buries her face in her hands and feels too much at once in front of her captive audience. she had suffered in her cell. she had suffered for a year, alone, because she couldn't stomach talking about it. she suffers now, confronting old hurt and weathering the shame of appearing so fragile in front of someone else. [break][break]the mattress dips beside her, then matias pulls her in. she stiffens, entertaining the fleeting idea of bracing a hand against his chest and excusing herself from the room. her closed door is mere steps away. she could stand up and leave —[break][break]but she curls into him instead, pressing her face into the junction between his neck and shoulder. she used to run from him at the first stroke of discomfort, but now he's the only one in the world that can convince her to stop. [break][break]"i'm sorry," she says eventually, voice wet. she sits up, but her hands remain on him like a lifeline, fingers dimpling smooth, shardless skin. she blinks up at him, her glossy eyes full of undeserved trust and reverence. "no one should go through that."[break][break]slowly, she moves her hand from his arm to his face, ghosting over cheek and jaw. [break][break]"we'll get back at her."[break][break]the tenderness in her eyes drains away, replaced by something dark and determined. [break][break]"her and all the rest."

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he blinks against the incoming tide.[break][break]

"you're sorry?"[break][break]

lies spin as easily as he breathes and yet he feels no guilt. these are needed, necessary lies to keep them whole. in a way, he's doing them a favor.[break][break]

"you have nothing to be sorry for."[break][break]

none of this is her fault; she could not have known the extent of his descent. if she had, she would not still choose to be with him nor would she even have chosen to begin with, that much he knows.[break][break]

he has sinned far too much to ever be redeemed.[break][break]

"i'm sorry. i can't imagine going through it alone like you have, but anna," he holds her close as though distance is what will drive them apart, "you aren't alone anymore.[break][break]

"we'll get back at them. i promise."[break][break]