[ Everything that hurts them hurts them both, and this is no exception. He does not understand. Is it a human thing? The humans tell Alecto that she understands so little, and that is why she is frightening, and not at all like them. But they have it backwards.
Another way, then. Alecto uncurls her fists, takes his hand, and tries to stand on shaky legs. It is like the old days, which means she has to try to remember what John taught her. (She doesn't want to remember. She doesn't know why the idea of remembering at all is so terrifying, but she feels it still, buried deep in some part of her flesh that she cannot locate.) ]
The water.
[ The appendage at the end of her horrible, long, stick-limb is a foot. She is supposed to anchor it into the sand, and then put the other in front. ]
cws: dubiously consensual intimacy, themes of violation and control continue
Another way, then. Alecto uncurls her fists, takes his hand, and tries to stand on shaky legs. It is like the old days, which means she has to try to remember what John taught her. (She doesn't want to remember. She doesn't know why the idea of remembering at all is so terrifying, but she feels it still, buried deep in some part of her flesh that she cannot locate.) ]
The water.
[ The appendage at the end of her horrible, long, stick-limb is a foot. She is supposed to anchor it into the sand, and then put the other in front. ]
The water hurts. Can't you hear it?