Sov had been up to the roof, trying to think. It hadn't been a good thing, because thinking just turned to worrying. They had written letters to Sether and their mother, but gotten no replies, and that wasn't very much like them at all, and considering what seemed to be going on it was bad news indeed.
They didn't want to be alone. They wanted to talk to someone. And on their way down to their own floor they thought of Elphaba whom they didn't know very well, and who most of the time seemed to prefer her distance.
Perhaps a desperate need not to be alone makes you braver?
Elphaba hid her bottle away under her pillow, and walked over to the room entrance. She quickly brushed the tears from her verdigris cheeks and opened the door.
"Oh, Sov," she said, wishing she was able to smile at her visitor, but she couldn't quite manage it. "I wasn't expecting you."
"Oh, nothing, it's..." Elphaba trailed off, realizing how pointless it was to pretend in this situation, and it wouldn't exactly be fair to Sov, either.
"Why don't you come in, and I'll share," she said. "I don't think I'd wish you to just stand in the hall while I told you all this. Even if it isn't much to tell."
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They didn't want to be alone. They wanted to talk to someone. And on their way down to their own floor they thought of Elphaba whom they didn't know very well, and who most of the time seemed to prefer her distance.
Perhaps a desperate need not to be alone makes you braver?
Sob knocked on Elphaba's door.
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"Oh, Sov," she said, wishing she was able to smile at her visitor, but she couldn't quite manage it. "I wasn't expecting you."
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"No, I didn't expect you to expect me. I mean, I haven't stopped by your room before." They paused, then added: "What's wrong?"
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"Why don't you come in, and I'll share," she said. "I don't think I'd wish you to just stand in the hall while I told you all this. Even if it isn't much to tell."
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