"It is an awful lot to take in," Annie replied, more quietly this time, and she managed to maintain her smile, but it had gone a bit brittle at the edges. Beneath the table, she threaded her fingers with Finnick's and squeezed.
"I think we're both just happy to be back home," she added, something true to balance out lying by omission. Sometimes she wondered whether it was better to have a mother who had become cynical and wary, or one like this, who refused to acknowledge the plain truth as some sort of self-preservation. Annie could definitely understand the appeal of the second option.
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Date: 2014-03-05 04:21 am (UTC)"I think we're both just happy to be back home," she added, something true to balance out lying by omission. Sometimes she wondered whether it was better to have a mother who had become cynical and wary, or one like this, who refused to acknowledge the plain truth as some sort of self-preservation. Annie could definitely understand the appeal of the second option.