Maybe... It could be something inside the tree, too. Not necessarily the tree itself.
[Elle is scared by the idea it'll fail. They'll try, it won't be good enough, and the hard crash from that high hope at such high stakes will make it all not worth it. Maybe he's wrong about this cores idea, or maybe the Nurse has defenses ready they don't know to counter, or maybe it isn't the tree at all, and then the Nurse's guard will be up, and the punishments will make it impossible to try again.
But it's the first glimmer of hope she's had in a long time. It's hard to see past it. The idea of letting go of it (begin again, let go) is too painful even just thinking about.
Her hands are shaking a little, rattling the notebook's pages.] If there's anything I can do to help... I'll do it.
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[Elle is scared by the idea it'll fail. They'll try, it won't be good enough, and the hard crash from that high hope at such high stakes will make it all not worth it. Maybe he's wrong about this cores idea, or maybe the Nurse has defenses ready they don't know to counter, or maybe it isn't the tree at all, and then the Nurse's guard will be up, and the punishments will make it impossible to try again.
But it's the first glimmer of hope she's had in a long time. It's hard to see past it. The idea of letting go of it (
begin again, let go) is too painful even just thinking about.Her hands are shaking a little, rattling the notebook's pages.] If there's anything I can do to help... I'll do it.