[He's looking down at the mint plant now, rubbing a leaf between two fingers... he's already spent his whole life trying not to talk about the past, you'd think continuing to dodge the topic would be easy. He sighs.]
I appreciate you asking, but it's not that simple. Certain details are... inescapable.
[... it's not that everyone keeps comparing Add to "Edward". he's the one who can't separate Grace into two people.
there are too many traces of her to avoid. it's unreasonable to ask them to pretend she never existed for them. if he knew more about her... would that make it easier to separate them? or would the similarities be too much? maybe, if he just makes the distinction clearer...]
My mother... died when I was young. It's difficult to be reminded of her.
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I appreciate you asking, but it's not that simple. Certain details are... inescapable.
[... it's not that everyone keeps comparing Add to "Edward". he's the one who can't separate Grace into two people.
there are too many traces of her to avoid. it's unreasonable to ask them to pretend she never existed for them. if he knew more about her... would that make it easier to separate them? or would the similarities be too much? maybe, if he just makes the distinction clearer...]
My mother... died when I was young. It's difficult to be reminded of her.