[ Riley's eyes glaze over, and the world around her feels like it's filled with static.
I won't go anywhere, I won't leave y̶o̷u̸.̴ I will fly to your side, n̷o̸ ̶m̸a̵t̴t̸e̴r̴ w̴̹̎h̷̢̚á̶̼t̴͙́.̴͈̎ I will take care of you, Sunshine. From the moment you were born, until the very last star in the galaxy burns out, I̸ ̷w̴i̸l̴l̵ ̸w̶a̶t̷c̶h̴ ̴o̸v̷e̷r̴ a̸͈̾ǹ̵͖ḑ̷͒ ̵͈͑ṕ̷̮r̵͉̆ò̵͎t̵͈̚e̴͙͑c̵̩̋ẗ̵̻ ̸̞̈́y̶̗̿ŏ̶̺u̴̜͝ —̷̘̹̹̯̎̿͗ ̵̡͉̥̌͜ț̵̡̌h̵͚̒̈́͂ͅa̴̟̍̕t̸̥̊͜,̵̡̤̈́ ̸̘͚̤̞͆͋̍Ȉ̴̛͉̤̈́̕ ̷̢̗̣̮̋̽͝p̷̭̀͑͑̍r̴͕̹̓̉o̴̥̼͆̎̿͝m̴̨̲̩̩̍î̸͇̙̼̀̆͝s̸͎͔͉͚̃̊e̵͙͖͍̲̋͘.̶̧̨̇
Her claws are poised very precariously atop on her laptop. They tremble. The way they're moving, they almost—
She pulls them back. A few long minutes later, she shoots back a quick, simple reply— ]
If I do it won't be by choice. I'll see you there.
[ And then she shuts her laptop away. She's afraid, if she doesn't, that she'll break it again. ]
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I won't go anywhere, I won't leave y̶o̷u̸.̴
I will fly to your side, n̷o̸ ̶m̸a̵t̴t̸e̴r̴ w̴̹̎h̷̢̚á̶̼t̴͙́.̴͈̎
I will take care of you, Sunshine. From the moment you were born, until the very last star in the galaxy burns out, I̸ ̷w̴i̸l̴l̵ ̸w̶a̶t̷c̶h̴ ̴o̸v̷e̷r̴ a̸͈̾ǹ̵͖ḑ̷͒ ̵͈͑ṕ̷̮r̵͉̆ò̵͎t̵͈̚e̴͙͑c̵̩̋ẗ̵̻ ̸̞̈́y̶̗̿ŏ̶̺u̴̜͝ —̷̘̹̹̯̎̿͗ ̵̡͉̥̌͜ț̵̡̌h̵͚̒̈́͂ͅa̴̟̍̕t̸̥̊͜,̵̡̤̈́ ̸̘͚̤̞͆͋̍Ȉ̴̛͉̤̈́̕ ̷̢̗̣̮̋̽͝p̷̭̀͑͑̍r̴͕̹̓̉o̴̥̼͆̎̿͝m̴̨̲̩̩̍î̸͇̙̼̀̆͝s̸͎͔͉͚̃̊e̵͙͖͍̲̋͘.̶̧̨̇
Her claws are poised very precariously atop on her laptop. They tremble. The way they're moving, they almost—
She pulls them back.
A few long minutes later, she shoots back a quick, simple reply— ]
If I do it won't be by choice.
I'll see you there.
[ And then she shuts her laptop away. She's afraid, if she doesn't, that she'll break it again. ]