[She can do this. Just be the stoic Dr. G, be upfront, be calm. Tell him simply, bluntly. But at the same time be...com...c.......
She slowly looks away, her shoulders slumping. Its not Steven. She just can't muster the strength to even pretend she's at all ok with any of this. Its so shameful, that she can't be strong for this very moment, the kind of moment she's been preparing for, for Steven's sake. Her words come out, shaking, empty.]
...Your father's dead.
[She doesn't say how. She doesn't really need to. The details don't matter, because those parts can be made up. Papers said a drug-fueled rampage by Greg, followed by the bus losing control, even as Reimu bravely tried to steer away from the cliff- They would never know how, not exactly. Garnet had a far better idea than Steven did, how it went and even she wasn't totally sure. That the soul is still around somehow, but...also not.
Maybe it was better that way to not know just how terrible the end really is while they still live. She lets out a strangled sob.]
he's...he's dead. him and...and others...the others, they...last night...
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She slowly looks away, her shoulders slumping. Its not Steven. She just can't muster the strength to even pretend she's at all ok with any of this. Its so shameful, that she can't be strong for this very moment, the kind of moment she's been preparing for, for Steven's sake. Her words come out, shaking, empty.]
...Your father's dead.
[She doesn't say how. She doesn't really need to. The details don't matter, because those parts can be made up.
Papers said a drug-fueled rampage by Greg, followed by the bus losing control, even as Reimu bravely tried to steer away from the cliff-They would never know how, not exactly. Garnet had a far better idea than Steven did, how it went and even she wasn't totally sure. That the soul is still around somehow, but...also not.Maybe it was better that way to not know just how terrible the end really is while they still live. She lets out a strangled sob.]
he's...he's dead. him and...and others...the others, they...last night...