[ it’s hard not to treat abigail like something delicate. the part of him that wants to be a father to her having to acknowledge that there’s something hard and steely to her. survival drive. something more like him. and hannibal.
he felt trepidation about teaching her how to fish, but she took to it quickly enough. (he’s still not 100% sure if this is real or not. he can’t bring himself to believe it — like if he believes too hard, he might wake up.) ]
We rinsed it off, so… now we’re gonna cut off the fins.
[ to demonstrate, he pulls a fin up with one hand to come down with the knife with the other.
it still left him feeling a little uneasy. too much like her father in the wrong kind of way. but he pushes though it, stepping back to allow her to handle the rest. ]
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he felt trepidation about teaching her how to fish, but she took to it quickly enough. (he’s still not 100% sure if this is real or not. he can’t bring himself to believe it — like if he believes too hard, he might wake up.) ]
We rinsed it off, so… now we’re gonna cut off the fins.
[ to demonstrate, he pulls a fin up with one hand to come down with the knife with the other.
it still left him feeling a little uneasy. too much like her father in the wrong kind of way. but he pushes though it, stepping back to allow her to handle the rest. ]
Makes it easier to de-scale it next.