[Things are starting to fall back into their proper place in her mind. She doesn't brush him away, the touch a welcome measure of contact, grounding her back in the present.]
Every time I looked back it was closer, and--
[A pause. The right words are eluding her, if they exists, and she finally bursts out with the first thing that does occur to her, half laughing at how ridiculous it sounds.]
☞ But there's nothing there to see, no one in sight
[Things are starting to fall back into their proper place in her mind. She doesn't brush him away, the touch a welcome measure of contact, grounding her back in the present.]
Every time I looked back it was closer, and--
[A pause. The right words are eluding her, if they exists, and she finally bursts out with the first thing that does occur to her, half laughing at how ridiculous it sounds.]
It was like a bad movie.