@raptorbled /Ā āWeāll face this together, alright?ā
SHEāS LOOKING AT HIM, as if for the first time. Maybe there is some truth to the sentiment; for the first time, Claire is terrified. She has always swayed, ebbed and flowed through a state of anxiousness, unnerve. But this is more, this is worse. There is a tangible fear that weighs over her sternum, heavy, heavier, as if the bone might splinter under that pressure. She doesnāt want to think about what is happening, what will happen. Lawsuits. Scapegoats. Guilt, and guilt, and guilt. She can see it, like something big and fanged and monstrous shifting in the peripheral vision, the corner of her eye, and sheās too afraid to directly stare at it.
For survival. And that is what Claire wants to do. Survive. She touches his arm, fingers closing over the hard, solid shape of his bicep. Owen is tense, and she is afraid. What a pair they must make, anger and fear, predator and prey. Mismatched.
Heās the only thing that seems real, now. Solid and sentinel. His fearlessness is almost comforting.Ā Like the sick, limping calf in a herd, Claire keeps herself close to him.Ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āIā¦ didnāt know. Henry kept so much from everyoneā-Ā Ā working with Hoskins? The raptors. Owen, Iām sorryā¦ but I promise. I promise, Iāll make this right.ā
