[Perhaps it's just her own reservation, then – she never would have reached out to comfort O-Ren or Vernita, even when they fought as comrades – they probably would have slapped her hand away. She'd have done the same to anyone offering the gesture as well, save for Bill.]
It wouldn't hurt anything, but only if you want to listen. You don't have to pretend around me.
It's been long enough that it's part of my normal now. [Which is a lie, or maybe a stretched truth. It's become just another hateful part of her past, but talking about it brings back the sting.] Four and a half years ago I was shot. I spent a long time in a coma after that.
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It wouldn't hurt anything, but only if you want to listen. You don't have to pretend around me.
It's been long enough that it's part of my normal now. [Which is a lie, or maybe a stretched truth. It's become just another hateful part of her past, but talking about it brings back the sting.] Four and a half years ago I was shot. I spent a long time in a coma after that.