[Hereafter] Chapter CLXVI: Lingering Regrets (Patreon)

As Taylor and Marie talked about way back during Jackie's recruitment, the subject was inevitable. There was no way they were going to go all the way to America, let alone the entire rest of the Grand Order, without having to address the elephant in the room.

Taylor does too good a job of compartmentalizing. Things happen, and then she locks them away in a box and pretends they don't affect her. And some of the things she locks away like that are minor enough that they start to seem silly and childish compared to everything else she's been through. But some of those things are things she never dealt with, and they can't be soothed by, "Oh, something else even more terrible happened."

Did you think Olga was the only one with unresolved trauma? Not even close!

EDIT: Moving down all the way. 10/26/2024