It's like...I know there are good people out there. I don't deal in absolutes anywhere near as much as I used to. But it's hard to be a really good person, and it's just as hard to single them out in the crowd.
[She stares at the file, and accepts it gingerly, then nods and holds up her hand.]
You've got it. Confidences are confidences, and if I break this one I hope karma kicks my ass hard and fast.
[She nods, instantly alerted to the idea that the file now on her lap contains Horrible Shit. Laura just dealt with hers without judging. She opens the file, planning to do the same. She's a fast reader, and proud of that after struggling for months, but this time she has to go back and reread some of it just to be sure it says what she thinks it says.]
[One thing she's not lacking in, at least when not severely pissed off, is empathy. Her face falls, and she rubs the base of her throat nervously.]
...holy crap you've toughed your way through a lot of Hell.
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Date: 2012-11-19 05:20 am (UTC)It's like...I know there are good people out there. I don't deal in absolutes anywhere near as much as I used to. But it's hard to be a really good person, and it's just as hard to single them out in the crowd.
[She stares at the file, and accepts it gingerly, then nods and holds up her hand.]
You've got it. Confidences are confidences, and if I break this one I hope karma kicks my ass hard and fast.
[She nods, instantly alerted to the idea that the file now on her lap contains Horrible Shit. Laura just dealt with hers without judging. She opens the file, planning to do the same. She's a fast reader, and proud of that after struggling for months, but this time she has to go back and reread some of it just to be sure it says what she thinks it says.]
[One thing she's not lacking in, at least when not severely pissed off, is empathy. Her face falls, and she rubs the base of her throat nervously.]
...holy crap you've toughed your way through a lot of Hell.