[ allison feels a little bad that her assumption was off, but also, given the way onni responds, it's not that far off.
it's probably impossible to put the horror of being separated from someone you love, someone you've cared for, a person who is essentially your child, into words. allison doesn't need words, though. when she sees onni's last message, she thinks about that horrible, devastating verdict. how she can't see claire, and if patrick wanted to, her could easily make claire not want to see allison, too.
it's a few minutes before she responds, trying to parse out what she, at the very least, would want in this situation. ]
Do you want to talk about it?
[ because what she'd want, if she were onni, is not to be alone. ]
private;
it's probably impossible to put the horror of being separated from someone you love, someone you've cared for, a person who is essentially your child, into words. allison doesn't need words, though. when she sees onni's last message, she thinks about that horrible, devastating verdict. how she can't see claire, and if patrick wanted to, her could easily make claire not want to see allison, too.
it's a few minutes before she responds, trying to parse out what she, at the very least, would want in this situation. ]
Do you want to talk about it?
[ because what she'd want, if she were onni, is not to be alone. ]