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“You are awake.”
“Yes.” Kathryn's reply was listless and a little further away than Seven would have liked. This drone has known horror, terror and regret. This drone does not wish those feelings for you. She leaned down, wrapping her arms and a portion of the sheet around Kathryn, and folded her in close against her own body heat. This drone can offer comfort. Support. Security. Seven let the silence that followed extend, wrapping that too into her embrace until she felt Kathryn returning to herself from that far away place she sometimes drifted to at night. Gradually, Kathryn spoke to her.
“I don't... I just-I can't...”
The broken quality of her speech made Seven want to bodily destroy what ever doubt was plaguing her. While a satisfying idea, it is ultimately futile. Conversation is more productive. When Kathryn didn't continue, just buried her face into the crook of Seven's elbow, Seven spoke instead.
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- Part 6 of Established Vignettes
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