Kate bites at her bottom lip, holding it between her teeth. Sometimes, at home, when something's bugging her, Magnus will sit with her and just listen until Kate talks. She never says much. Neither does Magnus. But it helps in a different kind of way than talking to Will. Their relationship is different here. Magnus isn't quiet like that. Isn't comforting like that. She's warmer, but she talks more and it's less comforting sometimes.
"See," Kate starts without really deciding to talk. "There's this alternate universe my boss told me about where the world's ending. Zombies." It sounds so dumb. Like why should she care? Maybe she shouldn't. She's been trying to tell herself not to. But she does anyway. "In it, I guess I was married to my boss's...to my best friend. And we had this kid--" Her voice catches, when she says it out loud to someone who isn't Will. "--a little boy, even though the world was ending. I died, fighting in the war, and Will had to send him away. And then he died and...our son, my son, was all alone without family or anything. I know it wasn't me and it's stupid to get all twisted up about it. But it's making me see things different. Like wearing night-vision goggles all the time."
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Date: 2011-12-27 08:57 am (UTC)"See," Kate starts without really deciding to talk. "There's this alternate universe my boss told me about where the world's ending. Zombies." It sounds so dumb. Like why should she care? Maybe she shouldn't. She's been trying to tell herself not to. But she does anyway. "In it, I guess I was married to my boss's...to my best friend. And we had this kid--" Her voice catches, when she says it out loud to someone who isn't Will. "--a little boy, even though the world was ending. I died, fighting in the war, and Will had to send him away. And then he died and...our son, my son, was all alone without family or anything. I know it wasn't me and it's stupid to get all twisted up about it. But it's making me see things different. Like wearing night-vision goggles all the time."