[Coping was something Harley wasn't doing all that well at all, and it's not improving as, one by one, the entire group begins to gather. She feels Liao looking at her, but her gaze is locked in the Cat and she's doing her best to keep from sputtering.
Laughing won't help. Has laughing really ever helped or did she just hide behind it to ignore what was happening around her? To ignore pain in its many forms...
Liao has picked up Rahti's corpse, and Ken has moved between them and the Cat as if to prevent him from claiming the girl. And she can't help herself, because it's almost habitual to throw in some joke or comment. Looking right at the Cat, she speaks softly between the fingers still covering her mouth.]
I tawt I taw a puttytat... [Only Rahti never would... Rahti would never see anything again... A soft sound and a tighter clamping of her hands, until...] What's new, pussycat? [She can't look away from Cat and his newly mismatched pair of eyes, although she doesn't speak the next one, just thinks it.
Eye can't help it if my jokes keep gettin' cornea...]
I'm sorry... mostly.
Laughing won't help. Has laughing really ever helped or did she just hide behind it to ignore what was happening around her? To ignore pain in its many forms...
Liao has picked up Rahti's corpse, and Ken has moved between them and the Cat as if to prevent him from claiming the girl. And she can't help herself, because it's almost habitual to throw in some joke or comment. Looking right at the Cat, she speaks softly between the fingers still covering her mouth.]
I tawt I taw a puttytat... [Only Rahti never would... Rahti would never see anything again... A soft sound and a tighter clamping of her hands, until...] What's new, pussycat? [She can't look away from Cat and his newly mismatched pair of eyes, although she doesn't speak the next one, just thinks it.
Eye can't help it if my jokes keep gettin' cornea...]