[Cornelia knows that Euphy doesn't truly understand--that she can't understand with so little information--but because she also believes that there are worse pains than being shut out from the truth, she carries forwards as if her silence isn't still hurting her sister.
The quiet that rises between them immediately thereafter feels wrong, though. It is no comfort. She's about to say something when Euphy speaks again. They're together again. Finally. After weeks for Euphy. After over a year for Cornelia. All she can do is say,]
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The quiet that rises between them immediately thereafter feels wrong, though. It is no comfort. She's about to say something when Euphy speaks again. They're together again. Finally. After weeks for Euphy. After over a year for Cornelia. All she can do is say,]
I missed you.
[More than she can ever express, she missed her.]