[ It’s his knee jerk reaction to protest Luca’s attempts at comforting him, but an important thought occurs to him because of it. He pulls back from their hug, instead placing his hands on both Luca’s shoulders seriously, looking at him with wide, wild eyes. ]
Dolores. Dolores came back. Bruno’s niece, Pepa’s daughter, she used to live here, and then she went home, and then she came back. She said she was home for just a moment, and it was like she’d never left. She forgot everything about this place…
[ He loses Luca’s gaze at that note, glancing aside with a dark look, tightening his grip on Luca’s shoulders slightly. But he meets his eye again with renewed hope — and more than a hint of desperation. ]
But when she ended up back here again, months had passed — but she remembered being here before. She came back. So, maybe…—
[ He doesn’t finish that sentence. He lets the hope hang. ]
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Date: 2022-12-01 08:55 pm (UTC)[ It’s his knee jerk reaction to protest Luca’s attempts at comforting him, but an important thought occurs to him because of it. He pulls back from their hug, instead placing his hands on both Luca’s shoulders seriously, looking at him with wide, wild eyes. ]
Dolores. Dolores came back. Bruno’s niece, Pepa’s daughter, she used to live here, and then she went home, and then she came back. She said she was home for just a moment, and it was like she’d never left. She forgot everything about this place…
[ He loses Luca’s gaze at that note, glancing aside with a dark look, tightening his grip on Luca’s shoulders slightly. But he meets his eye again with renewed hope — and more than a hint of desperation. ]
But when she ended up back here again, months had passed — but she remembered being here before. She came back. So, maybe…—
[ He doesn’t finish that sentence. He lets the hope hang. ]