Ā Ā Ā Ā nicky is a reminder of homeāthe good, warm parts of home that adelaide misses. sometimes, when thinking of him doesnāt fill her with worry, she remembers their childhood, how they were a united front against the iron will of their parents, having all kinds of escapades. out here isā¦so foreign, so alien, and adelaide is dealing with things she never thought herself capable of, and isnāt it good, to know that thereās still a little good to be found, even among the mud and blood? addie tries to find it, but sometimes itās not there at all. sometimes these battlefields and aid stations are all that she can see.Ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā ā i like being like this. i like this me. ā has she ever, really? adelaideās confidence in her abilities as a nurse has been hard-won, something sheās not always had. and she has dodgy days, of course, days when itās all too much and she canāt seem to do anything rightā¦but sheās good at this. if the world had to go to hell, sheās glad sheās doing something good to help heal it.Ā ā what dāyou reckon theyāre doing, mum and dad? bet itās all red cross parcels and writing letters. iād have gone mad if i was stuck home doing that. ā
Ā Ā Memories of home arenāt always warm. Warmer than the present maybe -- but still thereās moments of bitterness that creep in, that he fights off with thoughts of how privileged he must be to still remember such petty resentment while in the middle of a war. Addie is a reminder of the good things, of what it meant to have someone on his side against the rigid structure that their parents forced on them.
Ā Ā ( they were always meant to be whatever their parents molded them to be )
Ā Ā Nicky has never been more proud that their paths are molded by themselves -- unfortunately theyāre also wrapped in violence, in death. What he wants is to focus on whatās good about their lives -- whatās good about sitting in this moment with her, knowing that sheās alive and as well as she could be. Theyāre both alive.
Ā Ā ā You could be worse, ā itās a tease, said with a smile lifting his expression. What he means is that heās proud of her, that he too, likes how sheās turned out and that sheās doing something important -- something with purpose. But the brotherly tease is meant to lighten the tone, if only a little. Nicholas snorts, thinking of how his parents must be doing.Ā ā Selecting every word they say out of a list of appropriate sentiments, ā he shakes his head,Ā ā They would have suffocated you. --itās good that you left, regardless of how Iām sure theyāre feeling. ā
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