[ Hard is absolutely an understatement. It was unbearable at times, and yet here she is. Here they are. Sitting there in the darkness, watching little specks of light float across the water, carrying with them hope and pain and healing. ]
I lost most of them before I came here.
[ The words taste like ash on her tongue, but they're the truth. Damon was gone. So was Bonnie. Jeremy had been grieving in his own way, Caroline clinging to the border of Mystic Falls in a desperate attempt to carry on like everything was fine. And Stefan... He'd been searching for a way to reach Damon, and while she'd clung to the hope he would succeed, there had always been a part of her doubting it would ever be possible. ]
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I lost most of them before I came here.
[ The words taste like ash on her tongue, but they're the truth. Damon was gone. So was Bonnie. Jeremy had been grieving in his own way, Caroline clinging to the border of Mystic Falls in a desperate attempt to carry on like everything was fine. And Stefan... He'd been searching for a way to reach Damon, and while she'd clung to the hope he would succeed, there had always been a part of her doubting it would ever be possible. ]