Follow your own advice. Take it slow, breathe easy, and just try to be honest with how you're feeling.

I stop and take a deep breath, and slowly exhale. Just take it nice…
and slow.

Odds are that Kaari's more focused on her own concerns than what we're dealing with, so let's be up front with the fact that we're still processing the trauma.

Lana: “I’ve been having a hard time dealing with what happened that night. Its left a lot on my mind and I just-- I feel guilty about things that weren’t even my fault or out of my control.”

"I love you so much sometimes I just get scared I'm fucking things up."

Lana: “I love you so much Kaari, but I’m really scared of messing things up. I don’t want to end up hurting you again.”

Kaari: “Lana, what are you talking about? Y-you never hurt me.”

Lana: “When you were helping me up out of the hole. I didn’t mean to act like a jerk and end up digging into your arms like that.”

Kaari: “Lana?”

Lana: “Yeah?”

Kaari: “Don’t worry about that. I-accidents happen.”

She starts digging at her face and head again.

Kaari: “UGH! Stupid buggers!”

She almost dunks her head in the water but stops.

Kaari: ”I can’t do it. Lana, there’s got to be a better way I can do this!”

I don’t know what to really do either? I can’t just dunk her head in the water, that’s just gonna freak her out more! I can’t let her sit and suffer with these fleas either.

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