(CW: mentions of suicidal ideation, further discussion will be about the act itself. I will do my best not to be graphic, but please correct me if I go too far.)
Please forgive Mary's knock. It probably sounds unusual because she uses her whole forearm instead of just her fist. Her fist is small and she worries about the knock being too soft to be heard.
She is... she is trying not to bolt. Like she said to Doctor First Aid, she needs help with her mental health, and he recommended Dr. West. But... there's still part of her that is ashamed to admit what she sees as her weakness. (The fact that everyone else seems to have died due to external factors and her death was... internally driven... means she's been hiding it.)
"Please be in," she mumbles softly, eyes on the door, "Please be in, please..."
at the doctor's home
Please forgive Mary's knock. It probably sounds unusual because she uses her whole forearm instead of just her fist. Her fist is small and she worries about the knock being too soft to be heard.
She is... she is trying not to bolt. Like she said to Doctor First Aid, she needs help with her mental health, and he recommended Dr. West. But... there's still part of her that is ashamed to admit what she sees as her weakness. (The fact that everyone else seems to have died due to external factors and her death was... internally driven... means she's been hiding it.)
"Please be in," she mumbles softly, eyes on the door, "Please be in, please..."