[She wants to say so do I, but doesn't trust her voice to remain steady through it, not when it's such a fraught admission, so she simply nods. Marissa has been the one constant since Max left her family behind, since she gave up on Artemis and trying to do good the way that heroes were expected to. She never pushed, didn't ever expect anything more of Max than what she could give.
Until Adonis, she was the only person who knew about the shapeshifting, and she's the only person Max has ever given that secret too, instead of it being taken from her.
So is she doing okay?]
I'm surviving.
[Which is what she does best, even if that isn't really an answer to his question.
But it's all that matters. She's surviving, she's doing what needs to be done; how she's coping with that has never been a concern.]
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Until Adonis, she was the only person who knew about the shapeshifting, and she's the only person Max has ever given that secret too, instead of it being taken from her.
So is she doing okay?]
I'm surviving.
[Which is what she does best, even if that isn't really an answer to his question.
But it's all that matters. She's surviving, she's doing what needs to be done; how she's coping with that has never been a concern.]