[It's complicated. Especially since he's still talking around the very tall elephant in the room, the one that still leers at him when he sleeps, in the corners of his eyes, everywhere he looks. The things he can't escape and the things he can't remember.
Even without...that looming over them, trying not to include It in the narrative doesn't uncomplicate it. Doesn't make it easier to talk about.
Any of it.]
he got free. ran right into the thing i was trying to keep him safe from.
[If he'd done something, been better, kept Jay from leaving the house or talked him down or gotten his goddamn voice message -
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Even without...that looming over them, trying not to include It in the narrative doesn't uncomplicate it. Doesn't make it easier to talk about.
Any of it.]
he got free.
ran right into the thing i was trying to keep him safe from.
[If he'd done something, been better, kept Jay from leaving the house or talked him down or gotten his goddamn voice message -
Anything.
Anything would have been better.]