[She maneuvers carefully around Duma, who doesn't make anything easy for anyone, so she can sit down near Keith. Since Duma keeps nudging at her with his face, she sets down her tea at the counter and mollifies him with gentle pets along his shell.]
But it can be regained. All of us are still here together to pick up the pieces and try again. Nothing we have lost is permanent.
[Of course this hurts, and of course the fear and anxiety and exhaustion just at the thought of moving on from next to nothing weight heavy—but still her loudest thought remains but we are still here, but thank everything we are still here.]
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[She maneuvers carefully around Duma, who doesn't make anything easy for anyone, so she can sit down near Keith. Since Duma keeps nudging at her with his face, she sets down her tea at the counter and mollifies him with gentle pets along his shell.]
But it can be regained. All of us are still here together to pick up the pieces and try again. Nothing we have lost is permanent.
[Of course this hurts, and of course the fear and anxiety and exhaustion just at the thought of moving on from next to nothing weight heavy—but still her loudest thought remains but we are still here, but thank everything we are still here.]