[ it's complicated. erica talks like it's someone else, and derek can at least understand that. stiles had done it too, referred to his prior visits like he'd been a separate person at the time. derek doesn't have the high ground to knock anyone else's coping mechanisms. ]
The first time, we didn't know.
[ and if they had, they couldn't have stopped it. derek needs to tell himself that, or the guilt would eat him alive. ]
She knew, the second time.
[ surprisingly, not any easier. and all the more difficult when she'd gone. ]
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The first time, we didn't know.
[ and if they had, they couldn't have stopped it. derek needs to tell himself that, or the guilt would eat him alive. ]
She knew, the second time.
[ surprisingly, not any easier. and all the more difficult when she'd gone. ]