"Bears, huh? It's spiders for me. Creep me right the hell out every time." Larger ones actually paralyze her in fear, especially if they're poisonous. Just like drowning, that one was born of... personal experience.
And he's right. She does. For a time, she didn't. Hiruma was the one to pull her out of the depths of her own despair in Haven. Realizing she was nothing but a catalyst for the destruction of other people's lives was too much to bear in that world.
In this one, it was Rey who talked some sense into her. The weight of having loved again only to lose and know that she'd just keep losing that almost sent her over the edge of a building again and again. Until Hope lost interest in reviving her. It's still heavy in her heart but she's trying to find ways to carry it forward with her.
"I get that. I lost... pretty much everything I thought I could in Haven. But in the words of Passenger," she starts, taking a breath. "When he woke up with nothing he said I'll tell you something: When you've got nothing, you've got nothing to lose."
cw: mention of past suicide attempts
And he's right. She does. For a time, she didn't. Hiruma was the one to pull her out of the depths of her own despair in Haven. Realizing she was nothing but a catalyst for the destruction of other people's lives was too much to bear in that world.
In this one, it was Rey who talked some sense into her. The weight of having loved again only to lose and know that she'd just keep losing that almost sent her over the edge of a building again and again. Until Hope lost interest in reviving her. It's still heavy in her heart but she's trying to find ways to carry it forward with her.
"I get that. I lost... pretty much everything I thought I could in Haven. But in the words of Passenger," she starts, taking a breath. "When he woke up with nothing he said I'll tell you something: When you've got nothing, you've got nothing to lose."