[The long silence means that she's probably going to lie. That's okay: Johanna would have lied too, if she'd been able to. She had just felt so tired. She still feels tired. Another ten minutes, maybe, and she'll be back out of it.
The hand thing that Kate says, that's real. But it's not as real as the second part. Just from the way that Kate says it, she knows that it's true.
Johanna doesn't say anything. She doesn't roll onto her side, move closer to Kate, put an arm around her. She doesn't acknowledge it for a few moments, nearly a full minute. Just the two of them, in the dark of the room. Dark is the closest that the ship can get to natural light.
Blind, with her eyes still closed, she lays her hand between them--not really between, more on their thighs, where their legs are pressed together. Palm up, fingers uncurled. It's not the same as taking Kate's hand, but it's there.]
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The hand thing that Kate says, that's real. But it's not as real as the second part. Just from the way that Kate says it, she knows that it's true.
Johanna doesn't say anything. She doesn't roll onto her side, move closer to Kate, put an arm around her. She doesn't acknowledge it for a few moments, nearly a full minute. Just the two of them, in the dark of the room. Dark is the closest that the ship can get to natural light.
Blind, with her eyes still closed, she lays her hand between them--not really between, more on their thighs, where their legs are pressed together. Palm up, fingers uncurled. It's not the same as taking Kate's hand, but it's there.]