She follows him because that's sort of what's implied by the way he moves through the house, and she doesn't mean to keep making the face she's making - the half-confused, half-wary look that's a little more cornered-animal than she even knows. She's so unsure of herself, of her being here and him. She knows him, she feels like - there's more things to know, but she still knows him, but right now... right now she just doesn't know what she's doing.
He invites her to stay the afternoon, but then- but then to stay here, and she didn't know why, couldn't figure out why, but- Oh, god. She's both terrified and relieved, that somehow she misunderstood, but she's so relieved, deep in her gut. He sits her down in the living room, and Raleigh stares at him, listening to every word and trying so hard not to hope that he means it but she's not going to have to be alone, she's not going to have to be afraid that she'd dreamt all of it, getting out, and Levi coming.
That she's not dead, and she just blocked it out. She knows the nightmares, knows how they work for her. And now she's got a possible- there's a possible solution, if... he really means it. She's not really said anything yet, until she pauses and bites her lip and he's holding her hand. "I know you've been here. That's... why I bought you soup. Because... you can't be eating well." She paused, and then exhaled slowly. "I need to not be alone. I... was afraid, before. I was afraid that I'd be in the boarding house alone, and I have... I have these nightmares," she said quietly. "I don't even know yet how bad it'll be, but- uh. He... the guy who was going to- uhm." She was trying to find the words, without launching into the whole thing. "The guy who was going to sacrifice- He chained me in a bathroom, alone, and then turned the light off and left, and it was- It was a lot like it was before, you know?" Her eyes finally flick to from their hands to his eyes. "I think it was for a day? So- So I don't think I should be alone?"
It's phrased like a question, and her chin wobbles, and she looks away from him, to anywhere but him. "I guess you could say I've done this before."
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He invites her to stay the afternoon, but then- but then to stay here, and she didn't know why, couldn't figure out why, but- Oh, god. She's both terrified and relieved, that somehow she misunderstood, but she's so relieved, deep in her gut. He sits her down in the living room, and Raleigh stares at him, listening to every word and trying so hard not to hope that he means it but she's not going to have to be alone, she's not going to have to be afraid that she'd dreamt all of it, getting out, and Levi coming.
That she's not dead, and she just blocked it out. She knows the nightmares, knows how they work for her. And now she's got a possible- there's a possible solution, if... he really means it. She's not really said anything yet, until she pauses and bites her lip and he's holding her hand. "I know you've been here. That's... why I bought you soup. Because... you can't be eating well." She paused, and then exhaled slowly. "I need to not be alone. I... was afraid, before. I was afraid that I'd be in the boarding house alone, and I have... I have these nightmares," she said quietly. "I don't even know yet how bad it'll be, but- uh. He... the guy who was going to- uhm." She was trying to find the words, without launching into the whole thing. "The guy who was going to sacrifice- He chained me in a bathroom, alone, and then turned the light off and left, and it was- It was a lot like it was before, you know?" Her eyes finally flick to from their hands to his eyes. "I think it was for a day? So- So I don't think I should be alone?"
It's phrased like a question, and her chin wobbles, and she looks away from him, to anywhere but him. "I guess you could say I've done this before."