Mm. [ Yelena hardly deigns to react to Natasha's little jab, or to the way she leans in steal a sip of her drink. It starts to sink in now, in these very few seconds, that this is actually happening, and it is very real, and she isn't dreaming the whole thing up like a childhood fantasy.
She lets out a breath. ] And you look the same. Yeah.
[ She's looking at her now like she's studying her for cues: what does she remember? When is she from? what does she know about Yelena? What happened to her before —
It's hard now to even know what to say, all those silly things she'd muttered at her sister's gravestone, all those jokes and conversations and 'I wish'es stuck to the roof of her mouth. She won't know that Yelena was sent on a hit to kill her best friend. She won't know that her little sister spent a lot of time learning to deal with her grief, and not all of it very successfully. Yes, it's easier to speak with the dead than it is to know the right things to tell the living. ]
I got a new coat, see? [ She gestures to herself, at the colourful patterned print. ] It also has pockets.
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She lets out a breath. ] And you look the same. Yeah.
[ She's looking at her now like she's studying her for cues: what does she remember? When is she from? what does she know about Yelena? What happened to her before —
It's hard now to even know what to say, all those silly things she'd muttered at her sister's gravestone, all those jokes and conversations and 'I wish'es stuck to the roof of her mouth. She won't know that Yelena was sent on a hit to kill her best friend. She won't know that her little sister spent a lot of time learning to deal with her grief, and not all of it very successfully. Yes, it's easier to speak with the dead than it is to know the right things to tell the living. ]
I got a new coat, see? [ She gestures to herself, at the colourful patterned print. ] It also has pockets.