( She doesn't move closer until he's turning the pad around to show her the writing. At the distance he's left between them, it's not simple or easy to read. While she might not have been so inclined to narrow the gap on her own without reason, and while she's been watching and waiting for the people who know to come to their own conclusions on how to act, she guessed she'd need to make a few conclusive efforts on her own.
Annie brushes her fringe off her forehead, feeling herself cooling down as she glances over the paper and asks before reading: )
Why aren't you speaking?
( A question that doesn't change or have anything added on even when she reads what he has written. There's no real answer, and false platitudes don't come easily to her. She doesn't see the point. She has no idea if it's good to see him, and so she says nothing on the subject at all. )
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Annie brushes her fringe off her forehead, feeling herself cooling down as she glances over the paper and asks before reading: )
Why aren't you speaking?
( A question that doesn't change or have anything added on even when she reads what he has written. There's no real answer, and false platitudes don't come easily to her. She doesn't see the point. She has no idea if it's good to see him, and so she says nothing on the subject at all. )