Unfortunately, that’s not how emotions or feelings work.
[He responded gently, tone a touch sad. It would be so much easier if you could...
Llewellyn quietly opened the door when he heard the lock turn, mumbling a small warning that he was coming in to be polite. He takes one look at his friend sitting on the floor and just carefully sits down next to her, letting her have a moment as he unclipped Pretzel’s lead so the puppy could snuffle at her side. The dog was very good at sensing when other people were upset.]
I can’t tell you that it gets... better necessarily. It does get easier with time.
[He isn’t going to lie to her, it still hurts to think about the people he’s lost already. It just got easier to manage that pain and move forward. Of course, there was also a lot of unhealthy avoidance of dealing with things on his part, but that wasn’t the point right now.]
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[He responded gently, tone a touch sad. It would be so much easier if you could...
Llewellyn quietly opened the door when he heard the lock turn, mumbling a small warning that he was coming in to be polite. He takes one look at his friend sitting on the floor and just carefully sits down next to her, letting her have a moment as he unclipped Pretzel’s lead so the puppy could snuffle at her side. The dog was very good at sensing when other people were upset.]
I can’t tell you that it gets... better necessarily. It does get easier with time.
[He isn’t going to lie to her, it still hurts to think about the people he’s lost already. It just got easier to manage that pain and move forward. Of course, there was also a lot of unhealthy avoidance of dealing with things on his part, but that wasn’t the point right now.]