[Her face falls at the 'perhaps you were'--what kind of reassurance is that!?--but she listens quietly.
She clenches her hands together on her lap and closes her eyes, thinking back on how she'd felt in that memory. After a moment she nods and opens them again, looking down at her hands]
...I decided I never wanted to feel that way again. I'd lost something that meant so much because I'd been too afraid to stand up for myself. [She's still going to be polite and nice, because, well, she's still her, but--] I don't want to allow anyone to push me around anymore.
[Jennifer pauses and then sighs deeply, looking at Sharak a little helplessly.] How do I be more like you? No one would dare try to tell you what to do...
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She clenches her hands together on her lap and closes her eyes, thinking back on how she'd felt in that memory. After a moment she nods and opens them again, looking down at her hands]
...I decided I never wanted to feel that way again. I'd lost something that meant so much because I'd been too afraid to stand up for myself. [She's still going to be polite and nice, because, well, she's still her, but--] I don't want to allow anyone to push me around anymore.
[Jennifer pauses and then sighs deeply, looking at Sharak a little helplessly.] How do I be more like you? No one would dare try to tell you what to do...