[ Taking a day or two off. When was the last time she'd done that? It's been one disaster after another for so long that she can't remember what it's like to just relax and take a day off. Any attempt at a day off would probably be met with yet another alien invasion, to be honest.
But here she is, staring down a potentially long road of nothing but time off. It's terrifying and exhausting and utterly soul-crushing if she lets herself even start to think about it. So she won't. ]
That's really nice of you to offer, but I can't let you do that. [ She means it, she doesn't know many other people who would have offered a total stranger that kind of help. Of course, there are like seven decades between them, but still. ] I can manage that much.
[ Probably. Ignore the tiny bit of doubt trying to creep into her voice. ]
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But here she is, staring down a potentially long road of nothing but time off. It's terrifying and exhausting and utterly soul-crushing if she lets herself even start to think about it. So she won't. ]
That's really nice of you to offer, but I can't let you do that. [ She means it, she doesn't know many other people who would have offered a total stranger that kind of help. Of course, there are like seven decades between them, but still. ] I can manage that much.
[ Probably. Ignore the tiny bit of doubt trying to creep into her voice. ]