[ another hard word. peggy scrubs her fingers into her hair -- like trying to catch memories in her fingertips, sorting out chronology and order. ]
Whitney Frost shot Ana. And then Jarvis shot Whitney Frost. Because...well, I doubt I have to explain the why of it, do I? [ again, something she would never have babbled about so thoughtlessly -- not even to steve -- once she had to consider the optics of the whole thing.
had to consider how very truly and deeply this has all been her fault. ]
But the last thing I remember is some hours beyond that. We were stuck in the desert. No ride. No back-up, to boot. The SSR is rotten to its core, Steve.
[ she doesn't sit. she walks the length of the room -- pajamas and all. ]
no subject
[ another hard word. peggy scrubs her fingers into her hair -- like trying to catch memories in her fingertips, sorting out chronology and order. ]
Whitney Frost shot Ana. And then Jarvis shot Whitney Frost. Because...well, I doubt I have to explain the why of it, do I? [ again, something she would never have babbled about so thoughtlessly -- not even to steve -- once she had to consider the optics of the whole thing.
had to consider how very truly and deeply this has all been her fault. ]
But the last thing I remember is some hours beyond that. We were stuck in the desert. No ride. No back-up, to boot. The SSR is rotten to its core, Steve.
[ she doesn't sit. she walks the length of the room -- pajamas and all. ]