♻ 019 | audio

[tucky]

[filtered to Letty]

Can I talk to you?

[filtered to Roderick]

Can you come and see me? I'm in 603.

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[tucky]

[Tiffany isn't one of the people who can say It's okay, because you came back. It's still dying, and it still feels wrong.

She puts her hand back on Letty's arm.]

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[leavetreadmarks]

[Letty flinches when Tiffany touches her, but she doesn't pull away; it's part because everything hurts, part because she still vividly remembers the crowbar coming down, part because she's not sure she's ready to let anyone in that close while she's still this much in danger of coming completely apart.

Under Tiffany's hand, the shaking of Letty's muscles is barely perceptible.]

Lloyd found me, here. And you know the rest.

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[tucky]

It weren't right, for him to have to see that.

[She is, of course, speaking as someone who had to see her own warden die.]

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[leavetreadmarks]

No, it wasn't.

He hasn't been acting right since. Can't say I blame him.

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[tucky]

Me neither. It hurts.

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[leavetreadmarks]

If it'd been up to me, it wouldn't have happened.

You know that, right?

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[tucky]

... You mean you dying?

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[leavetreadmarks]

And him finding me. Yeah.

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[tucky]

If it'd been up to me neither one would've happened.

You know I care about you a lot, don't you?

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[leavetreadmarks]

[She smiles, a little.]

I think I'm figuring that out, yeah.

You know I care about you too, right?

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[tucky]

Yeah. Thank you, Letty.

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[leavetreadmarks]

Thank you.

I'm about dead on my feet, sister. Could you... hang out, until Lloyd gets back?

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[tucky]

[She pats Letty's arm.]

Yeah, I will. I'll do that.

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[leavetreadmarks]

[She smiles a little, squeezes the hand under hers briefly.

Then she sinks further down into the blankets and the couch, exhales slowly as she does so, eyes closing.]