❛ you look lonely and lost. ❜
Holly flinched, startled by the voice. She had been lost in her thoughts, oblivious to everything around her. Scowling a little, she gave a noncommittal shrug.
It was the sort of thing she generally brushed off and denied. Not anything for other people to worry about. It was stupid, and she hated it, but it felt that the raiders had torn something open inside of her. Broke down some wall she’d built up, and left her with no energy to rebuild it so things kept coming out. Holly ground her teeth, and stared off across the settlement.
“Yeah,” she croaked, barely audible, “Feel it too.”