It's a lot to digest all at once, a lot to swallow and try to hold inside her as Abby gives it to her piece by piece, this unpacking. Everything she says manages to be a surprise, but Abby's response makes too much sense.
She remembers their first mission together, when they could barely stand to speak to each other, to share the same space. When Ellie had reached out and pushed her against the rock ledge and coaxed her across the abyss of rock scree over the ocean.
Abby had come for her then, too, when the shades could have finished it. It occurs to her that she actually can't count how many times they've saved each other's lives, now.
Ellie waits for the idea to make her feel sick to her stomach, and for the first time it doesn't.
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It's a lot to digest all at once, a lot to swallow and try to hold inside her as Abby gives it to her piece by piece, this unpacking. Everything she says manages to be a surprise, but Abby's response makes too much sense.
She remembers their first mission together, when they could barely stand to speak to each other, to share the same space. When Ellie had reached out and pushed her against the rock ledge and coaxed her across the abyss of rock scree over the ocean.
Abby had come for her then, too, when the shades could have finished it. It occurs to her that she actually can't count how many times they've saved each other's lives, now.
Ellie waits for the idea to make her feel sick to her stomach, and for the first time it doesn't.
"Yeah. No problem."