[ He's lost her again. They weren't strangers when they left and they won't look like it if they return together. Jess still doesn't know that she will, that way. She needs more time. ]
Back- [ it's ludicrous but Jess will take a stab at ludicrous over impaling herself on another conversation about Reims. Her hand slips over his waist, splayed over his back. ] to New York?
[ It's asked against his mouth and then Jess leans away by a scant inch, to read his face. To let him read hers. "Home" hasn't been a factor for her in months. It's no more alive to her than Hope, Reva or her family. If it were, she would go insane. It can't be a possibility or it's one she's turned her back on just to keep from killing herself every day. She hasn't chosen to be part of the community but she's not naive enough to think leaving her options open means any more will meaningfully materialize, sorry Kamala. And he doesn't even want to go back, didn't he say that? ]
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Back- [ it's ludicrous but Jess will take a stab at ludicrous over impaling herself on another conversation about Reims. Her hand slips over his waist, splayed over his back. ] to New York?
[ It's asked against his mouth and then Jess leans away by a scant inch, to read his face. To let him read hers. "Home" hasn't been a factor for her in months. It's no more alive to her than Hope, Reva or her family. If it were, she would go insane. It can't be a possibility or it's one she's turned her back on just to keep from killing herself every day. She hasn't chosen to be part of the community but she's not naive enough to think leaving her options open means any more will meaningfully materialize, sorry Kamala. And he doesn't even want to go back, didn't he say that? ]