[It's tempting to curl up against Riley and just hold onto her for a while. Instead, Ellie shuts her eyes and tries to keep all of it straight in her mind. Tries to remember what she'll have to do.
It'll take her ten times as long to put herself back together as it will to fall apart.]
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It'll take her ten times as long to put herself back together as it will to fall apart.]
... can I practice on you? Explaining it?