[The light Charlotte provided is gone in an instant, once that slap lands. She looks at Caleb, looks at her hands, and then stares at Caleb as she grabs his collar, pulling herself up to stare him in the eyes more than she pulls him down. She is frantic, even snapped out and away from what undoubtably would have ended with her needle-studded on the ground, nonexistent for no reason -]
But she's - if it's like the ghosts said he'll be alone!
[She can't bear the thought of that. She has people she cares for here, yes, people she wants in the same way she's yearned for Jonathan since she realized that was allowed, but this is the longest she's ever been without her partner. To learn he's still alive, and "freed" like a marooned pirate in this hell -
She is wild-eyed and her voice is shot to hell but that, at least, means she can growl at Caleb - ]
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But she's - if it's like the ghosts said he'll be alone!
[She can't bear the thought of that. She has people she cares for here, yes, people she wants in the same way she's yearned for Jonathan since she realized that was allowed, but this is the longest she's ever been without her partner. To learn he's still alive, and "freed" like a marooned pirate in this hell -
She is wild-eyed and her voice is shot to hell but that, at least, means she can growl at Caleb - ]
Didn't you hear her? We can't go home!