Re: Emily's room: Emily G / Destin R
[She had the beginnings of awareness - he could hear it in her tone. It would hurt - he'd seen that too - but he wasn't going to force her to confront those things yet. It wasn't necessary.] All right. [Quiet, like the universe was filled with only the two of them and regardless of the distance between them, they were only a whisper away. Not a shout, not a yell, not a phone call. He made a small sound in the back of his throat that might have been a sigh if he breathed. The phone at his wrist lit up.] We're different; it doesn't make us bad, you know? [And then, for a subject change, and though he already knew.] How are things with Ed?