It did occur to me several times during....all of that. Yes.
[They've probably all had the thought. This is a pitiful articulation of it, but at least he's said it which is better than anything he has done for the past week.
He's quiet when they reach the bookshelf that holds all of his mother's journals. The obvious spot for it is there, and the journal is now home. His fingers linger on the spine before his hand withdraws, and there's a greater slump to his shoulders than there was just a moment before.]
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[They've probably all had the thought. This is a pitiful articulation of it, but at least he's said it which is better than anything he has done for the past week.
He's quiet when they reach the bookshelf that holds all of his mother's journals. The obvious spot for it is there, and the journal is now home. His fingers linger on the spine before his hand withdraws, and there's a greater slump to his shoulders than there was just a moment before.]