[ It's interesting to realize that that's what it really seems to be. She believes. She has hope gripped hard in one hand and locked away in a box of troubles. Unless, like him, she knows something more and must keep it back. ]
It's difficult for us to determine. [ He allows, some residual disappointment audible in the admission. A failure of science. ] But it's almost certainly one of the mystical factors I mentioned.
I suppose I accept his word, despite that. That he has performed actions he at least believes have changed events in our world.
[ Almost more to himself, tightly controlled concern moving just beneath the surface of his words, especially toward the end: ]
And of course he believes it. He has superpowers and he's 25. Everything is still possible to him.
[ Despite his calm demeanor, it seems there is still a crack or two to hint at internal worries. He's like her, though. Old enough to have a handle on such things.
That's the Wells that he hopes Jones will take to, anyway. ]
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It's difficult for us to determine. [ He allows, some residual disappointment audible in the admission. A failure of science. ] But it's almost certainly one of the mystical factors I mentioned.
I suppose I accept his word, despite that. That he has performed actions he at least believes have changed events in our world.
[ Almost more to himself, tightly controlled concern moving just beneath the surface of his words, especially toward the end: ]
And of course he believes it. He has superpowers and he's 25. Everything is still possible to him.
[ Despite his calm demeanor, it seems there is still a crack or two to hint at internal worries. He's like her, though. Old enough to have a handle on such things.
That's the Wells that he hopes Jones will take to, anyway. ]