[okay, well. Lina has enough sense to shut herself up and let these just be thoughts, but at least Jen didn't lose an arm because of Retrospec. it kind of... gave her one back? except. hm. shit, she's staring. god, of course she is, of course she is.]
[there's another mental sigh as she knows she can't let it out from her mouth, and she suppresses the urge to shake her head like there's an etch-a-sketch in her brain that she needs to clear out, but she does blink a few more times than usual just before she forces herself to look at Jen's face instead of what's. left of her arm. great.]
You had one before this?
[she has to assume that's what this is leading up to, and in Lina's grand rush to be sensitive, she's kind of blown past everything else, hasn't she? maybe that's. for the best. maybe she shouldn't try to say she's sorry for this. for what happened to her when she was born. Jen probably doesn't want that, right? what good is it going to do?]
no subject
[there's another mental sigh as she knows she can't let it out from her mouth, and she suppresses the urge to shake her head like there's an etch-a-sketch in her brain that she needs to clear out, but she does blink a few more times than usual just before she forces herself to look at Jen's face instead of what's. left of her arm. great.]
You had one before this?
[she has to assume that's what this is leading up to, and in Lina's grand rush to be sensitive, she's kind of blown past everything else, hasn't she? maybe that's. for the best. maybe she shouldn't try to say she's sorry for this. for what happened to her when she was born. Jen probably doesn't want that, right? what good is it going to do?]