If we're being technical, it was actually one of the Beatles.
[ she's being deliberately glib, but it's only partly to minimise his responsibility for the whole situation. laura does believe — quite firmly in fact — that tony doesn't owe her an apology, but more importantly she's trying to decide if she wants to share.
it's an ordeal of a task at the best of times. for all she's improved on her youth, laura is still prone to caginess at best, stoic refusal at worst. words catch in her throat like they're barbed, and she's never much liked opening up even with the people that she adores. so it's not easy, and her eyes slide towards the ceiling as she leans back on one of her hands, contemplating a shadow as she clears her throat. ]
I have...experience, with outside influences taking over like that. [ a sip of her coffee, though the pause doesn't make her speech any smoother. she's careful, bordering on stilted. out of practice. ] So I mean it when I say you don't have to apologise.
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[ she's being deliberately glib, but it's only partly to minimise his responsibility for the whole situation. laura does believe — quite firmly in fact — that tony doesn't owe her an apology, but more importantly she's trying to decide if she wants to share.
it's an ordeal of a task at the best of times. for all she's improved on her youth, laura is still prone to caginess at best, stoic refusal at worst. words catch in her throat like they're barbed, and she's never much liked opening up even with the people that she adores. so it's not easy, and her eyes slide towards the ceiling as she leans back on one of her hands, contemplating a shadow as she clears her throat. ]
I have...experience, with outside influences taking over like that. [ a sip of her coffee, though the pause doesn't make her speech any smoother. she's careful, bordering on stilted. out of practice. ] So I mean it when I say you don't have to apologise.