[ There was a number of conclusions she would arrive at later, after her brain had time to breathe. One was that Wednesday was Odin, going by etymology. Another was that he'd given her insight into what shook him from sleep in the night. Jess hadn't asked because it was inevitable that she'd experience her own nightmare beside him, as long as they shared a bed, and she wouldn't appreciate receiving questions of what or why.
She had a minute or two of mental respite to enact, tops. Jess located the bottle right away but nonetheless paused once she had it in her hand. Seconds ticked by in which he could believe she was still searching. Her gaze fell on the whiskey label while she focused on nothing. Trying to order what Shadow had told her was futile chaos. The best she could do was remember and repeat it to herself, cementing it as real. Jess took a bracing swig from the bottle and headed back, crossing the bedroom threshold as she topped up her glass. ]
Okay. God dad. Human mom. Zombie wife. A war over worshippers, that you're somehow supposed to help with. [ She rattled off what was in the process of sinking in. It did actually help her pick out one question from the tangled myriad of them. She held the bottle over his glass to pour his refill, resuming her seat beside him. ] How?
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She had a minute or two of mental respite to enact, tops. Jess located the bottle right away but nonetheless paused once she had it in her hand. Seconds ticked by in which he could believe she was still searching. Her gaze fell on the whiskey label while she focused on nothing. Trying to order what Shadow had told her was futile chaos. The best she could do was remember and repeat it to herself, cementing it as real. Jess took a bracing swig from the bottle and headed back, crossing the bedroom threshold as she topped up her glass. ]
Okay. God dad. Human mom. Zombie wife. A war over worshippers, that you're somehow supposed to help with. [ She rattled off what was in the process of sinking in. It did actually help her pick out one question from the tangled myriad of them. She held the bottle over his glass to pour his refill, resuming her seat beside him. ] How?