[Are they really family? They're playing at it, in spite of her advanced years. She's using them as a crutch, a pound of cement to fill a mile-deep cave in. It's helping, yes, but the years she needed the attention for are long past her.]
...I hope you're not speaking from experience.
[She doesn't say thanks. The shame is clouding over. Laying all her woes on this kid. She knows his name and little else about him. Profile scraps, hand-to-hand combat, curses, bringing a "worm" from home. Nothing that warrants her shoveling bullshit on his head.]
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...I hope you're not speaking from experience.
[She doesn't say thanks. The shame is clouding over. Laying all her woes on this kid. She knows his name and little else about him. Profile scraps, hand-to-hand combat, curses, bringing a "worm" from home. Nothing that warrants her shoveling bullshit on his head.]
Don't worry about it.