There are many things that Ib is still too young to understand. The adult world is often an alien one, strange and surreal - and though she knows of things like heartbreak and death in theory, until she's experienced them, they might as well be just as real as a unicorn is.
But right now, in this moment... the tangibility of those adult things - pain, and the desperation to escape it - are hitting her full force. She never imagined her heart could feel so bad. It's such a heavy, awful sensation... and though she's experienced similar emotions only once before, she'd almost managed to forget them - or at least, she'd forgotten exactly how they felt, under her skin and in her soul.
"...Mmm..." Ib hums uncertainly as she looks up at Garry, unable to find the words she wants to say. Has Garry really forgotten her? Even though he was always so kind... maybe, just like the adults have told her over and over, what happened back then wasn't real at all. Just her mind playing tricks on her. That thought scares her, but she's too distracted by her bewildered sorrow to really focus on it.
"Garry... please don't say that. Lying is bad. You... you do remember me, don't you?"
@tokimiatta ( starter for garry! )
