Named after the shepherdess in Virgil's pastoral Eclogues. The Greek word amarysso means "to sparkle." In Victorian times, an "amaryllis" was a strong, confident, and beautiful woman.
Nope! [cheerfully, but still muted.] Everyone's feeling differently about what's happened today. And then there's yesterday. And there's the day before. There's too much that it might feel overwhelming to some people. I don't want people to lose themselves in their misery.
[...she kind of deflates just a little, but she does scooch over to lean against her.]
...losing people is never easy no matter how many times it happens. We still have to think about who else we might lose tomorrow for something they didn't mean to do. [and who they might have to deal with and try to understand why they might have acted on their own.]
[you can bet she's returning the gesture, thank you very much.]
Right. There's never a good or right time for death, for the people who die or the people who are left behind. So for those of us still here...we stick close. It's the only way we'll find our way. [but she looks up at her.] As long as you know you can do the same with me, too.
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Maybe. But I guess neither one of us can really just turn that bit off.
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and then she reaches out for her? come here. like, same, girl, absolutely the same, but she knows how heavy that wears on people.]
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...losing people is never easy no matter how many times it happens. We still have to think about who else we might lose tomorrow for something they didn't mean to do. [and who they might have to deal with and try to understand why they might have acted on their own.]
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It's fucking awful every time. [...] Death later's going to be just as bad as death now.
We've got us, though. We'll make it. And you can lean on me.
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Right. There's never a good or right time for death, for the people who die or the people who are left behind. So for those of us still here...we stick close. It's the only way we'll find our way. [but she looks up at her.] As long as you know you can do the same with me, too.
[support...]
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... Yeah. I do know that. You make it easy. [...] Thanks.