[Able to hear every single thing going on in the village since she was five years old, Dolores has become a master of hiding her feelings when she wants to. Sometimes things are too overwhelming, but most of the time... no one would ever know how many people's troubles she carries whether she would like to or not. She liked to think she had known Isabela better than anyone, even though they never advertised the fact, and losing her so soon after her arrival had hit... hard.
Not so hard that she would drop into a deep depression over it - she would be fine, as she usually is - but she does sigh to herself when she hears the knock and the concerned voice. Not the first.]
I'm here.
[The words slip around the edge of the door as she opens it, then she pulls it wider. She smiles a faint smile up at her cousin and shrugs one shoulder as if to say 'now, what'.]
[ Honestly, Luisa hadn't quite that far ahead, other than wanting to come see her cousin. She doesn't really have an idea of what she would do now that she's here.
She responds to her cousin's offer with a nod, and slips into the room, waiting until the door is closed again before speaking. ]
Mirabel told me about Isa. [ And she knows that Dolores would already know, had likely heard their conversation already. But telling her cousin is more like a warning of what she wants to talk about now. ]
[Luisa isn't the first person to talk to her about it, and though it's a sting to do it she won't turn her cousin away. Dolores lingers at the door she just closed for a moment or two, then she shakes her head and forces a smile.]
It's going to be strange without her around, no?
[She isn't sure if anyone really knows how close she and Isabela are. How much Dolores' hearing had let her understand about her 'perfect' cousin.]
[ Luisa knew somewhat how close her sister and cousin had been, even if she didn't know all of it. She had spent plenty of times feeling left out when the two older girls had done stuff with out her, being too young to join in some of their games and talks.
But she at least realizes that Dolores probably knows Isabela better than she or Mirabel had...and in that same vein, Isabela is probably the one who knows Dolores best too.
So she can't help but frown a little at her cousin's smile, knowing that it wasn't as real as she tried to make it seem. ]
That's true. She's safe at home...but that doesn't mean it'll hurt any less that she's not here anymore.
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Date: 2022-05-18 06:29 pm (UTC)Not so hard that she would drop into a deep depression over it - she would be fine, as she usually is - but she does sigh to herself when she hears the knock and the concerned voice. Not the first.]
I'm here.
[The words slip around the edge of the door as she opens it, then she pulls it wider. She smiles a faint smile up at her cousin and shrugs one shoulder as if to say 'now, what'.]
Do you want to come in?
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Date: 2022-05-21 03:33 pm (UTC)She responds to her cousin's offer with a nod, and slips into the room, waiting until the door is closed again before speaking. ]
Mirabel told me about Isa. [ And she knows that Dolores would already know, had likely heard their conversation already. But telling her cousin is more like a warning of what she wants to talk about now. ]
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Date: 2022-05-25 03:48 pm (UTC)[Luisa isn't the first person to talk to her about it, and though it's a sting to do it she won't turn her cousin away. Dolores lingers at the door she just closed for a moment or two, then she shakes her head and forces a smile.]
It's going to be strange without her around, no?
[She isn't sure if anyone really knows how close she and Isabela are. How much Dolores' hearing had let her understand about her 'perfect' cousin.]
But it's... fine, isn't it? She's at home now.
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Date: 2022-05-31 12:02 pm (UTC)But she at least realizes that Dolores probably knows Isabela better than she or Mirabel had...and in that same vein, Isabela is probably the one who knows Dolores best too.
So she can't help but frown a little at her cousin's smile, knowing that it wasn't as real as she tried to make it seem. ]
That's true. She's safe at home...but that doesn't mean it'll hurt any less that she's not here anymore.
It...doesn't have to be fine.
[ They don't have to be fine. ]