Yeah, apparently the Gilbert ring has a side effect for some people with the dying and all. I mean, Esther kind of helped it along, but he had this dark side thing going on. Dad wasn't the only one his other side killed in a bid to 'cleanse' the town. So it wasn't really him. [Not that it had mattered all that much once her dad was gone.
[End of the conversation, he knows, so he pulls out his phone and distracts himself with the network.
He can't reassure her, or tell her it's going to be okay - but he sure can't fill the silence like he used to. This isn't his universe anymore; her story, her rules.]
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[Tyler shakes his head.]
I'm sorry. I can't imagine what that was like.
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Caroline dropped her head into her hands.]
I really need to stop talking.
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[His smile doesn't quite reach his eyes, even if he is teasing.]
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Yeah, I need to stop. [Because seriously, she's going to tell him eveerything and there's no coming back from that.]
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[End of the conversation, he knows, so he pulls out his phone and distracts himself with the network.
He can't reassure her, or tell her it's going to be okay - but he sure can't fill the silence like he used to. This isn't his universe anymore; her story, her rules.]