[ what innocuous words: would've rather you been up and around. but in a moment like this, and said by a person like max, they feel almost gift-wrapped. as peggy at long last eases the ice-pack against her forehead, she nearly smiles. it isn't a happy smile and nor is it particularly warm, but it inhabits that liminal space between relief and exhaustion. ]
Has he been with us the whole time? [ carefully, she nods to the dog. ]
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Has he been with us the whole time? [ carefully, she nods to the dog. ]