[He wonders how that ever came up, and for an instant he's rattled with the idea that she too-- No, he can't assume.]
/It's not really easy to talk about./
[They had both acknowledged what the reality was - it's not like they could pretend otherwise - but there was hardly ever a need to direct their attention to it with words. Enough reminders of the impermanence of Marco's situation crept in silently.]
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/It's not really easy to talk about./
[They had both acknowledged what the reality was - it's not like they could pretend otherwise - but there was hardly ever a need to direct their attention to it with words. Enough reminders of the impermanence of Marco's situation crept in silently.]