Ted listens quietly, his arm still around her. He gives her a gentle squeeze as she trails off. No wonder she has that instinct to care for people.
It's also something that deeply saddens him, beyond a personal level, the fate of ill and homeless people people in America. Even in the best of conditions, living with mental illness or having mentally ill family is probably very difficult.
"And now?" he asks gently. Because she's very much talking about this in the past tense...
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Date: 2021-07-01 12:33 am (UTC)It's also something that deeply saddens him, beyond a personal level, the fate of ill and homeless people people in America. Even in the best of conditions, living with mental illness or having mentally ill family is probably very difficult.
"And now?" he asks gently. Because she's very much talking about this in the past tense...