[Distance spinning out: her standing at the center of the half pipe, Parker ranging out farther and farther - off the wood and on to the concrete of the skate park. She could call out to her, insist on some version of honesty (because 'just bored' is, she's sure, not the truth or not all of it).
Instead the line between them spools out and out and out like a life support cable. Like going for a space walk on the hull of a ship and getting bounced off, but sure the line will catch. There are systems in place for that kind of thing. Safety nets.
Not here though. Here Shepard watches her go, the itch to say something trapped in her mouth. Here she keeps her jaw clamped shut around that urge. Here she lets Parker walk away from her.]
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Instead the line between them spools out and out and out like a life support cable. Like going for a space walk on the hull of a ship and getting bounced off, but sure the line will catch. There are systems in place for that kind of thing. Safety nets.
Not here though. Here Shepard watches her go, the itch to say something trapped in her mouth. Here she keeps her jaw clamped shut around that urge. Here she lets Parker walk away from her.]