"She was from- no, living in, Perth, Australia. I- she-"
He doesn't know why he's saying this, why he's talking, but what he's thinking is that could have been me. I could have been her, in this life, and I did nothing. She shouldn't be forgotten, she shouldn't be forgotten...
"I saw her die. I don't know why I was watching her, or how I found her, or the people who were egging her on, but-"
Gasping, blinking through tears, moving his hands away from his face only to stare at the opposite wall, he makes himself keep talking.
"I was watching, I saw her die, and I did nothing I didn't stop it..."
Jim's words are present, but they're not sinking in. They don't - yet - feel as real as the memory he's living through can't let himself let go of...
Re: OTA for Walter! CW for suicide.
His voice is loud, all of a sudden.
"She was from- no, living in, Perth, Australia. I- she-"
He doesn't know why he's saying this, why he's talking, but what he's thinking is that could have been me. I could have been her, in this life, and I did nothing. She shouldn't be forgotten, she shouldn't be forgotten...
"I saw her die. I don't know why I was watching her, or how I found her, or the people who were egging her on, but-"
Gasping, blinking through tears, moving his hands away from his face only to stare at the opposite wall, he makes himself keep talking.
"I was watching, I saw her die, and I did nothing I didn't stop it..."
Jim's words are present, but they're not sinking in. They don't - yet - feel as real as the memory he's living through can't let himself let go of...