She's been in Wonderland longer than she had known Barbie, longer than the Dome had been over Chester's Mill. Life there has almost become a distant memory, like a story she was told about someone else's life; not in the way that Wonderland supposedly robs them of their memories, but it is a bizarre sensation nonetheless. The two weeks before she ended up in Wonderland had been a whirlwind, and her life had changed so dramatically that Julia isn't always sure she had a life before the Dome, before Wonderland.
The fear and concern that the Dome had brought started to fade over time, but it hasn't made mourning Barbie any easier. She hadn't known him long, barely processed the changes he made to life, and certainly hadn't come anywhere near understanding what his role in all of it was, before she ended up in Wonderland. The reality of it is that the moment she met him she'd felt a pull, like a string wrapped around her heart tugging her towards him, as if there was never a time when they weren't inexorably tied to one another.
It was love at first sight, really, but Julia hasn't allowed herself to dwell on it, hasn't allowed herself to accept that the universe could thrust something so precious into the ruins of her life only to, within a breath, extinguish it all together.
She looks down at her fingers entwined in his. She took off her wedding ring after the first night they were together, after she realized there was no point in the performance of Mrs. Shumway anymore. The Dome had fractured their lives in more ways than one, and Julia just wishes she knew if this was supposed to be the start of something, or the end of everything.
"I thought about that too but... I don't think so. Whatever this place is, it's not like the Dome. Maybe on the surface - being trapped, or the events - but it's not the same. I don't think the Dome has anything to do with why we're here." It's not a particularly helpful answer, but it's not necessarily a bad one, either. "I can't say I'm upset that it brought you here, though."
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The fear and concern that the Dome had brought started to fade over time, but it hasn't made mourning Barbie any easier. She hadn't known him long, barely processed the changes he made to life, and certainly hadn't come anywhere near understanding what his role in all of it was, before she ended up in Wonderland. The reality of it is that the moment she met him she'd felt a pull, like a string wrapped around her heart tugging her towards him, as if there was never a time when they weren't inexorably tied to one another.
It was love at first sight, really, but Julia hasn't allowed herself to dwell on it, hasn't allowed herself to accept that the universe could thrust something so precious into the ruins of her life only to, within a breath, extinguish it all together.
She looks down at her fingers entwined in his. She took off her wedding ring after the first night they were together, after she realized there was no point in the performance of Mrs. Shumway anymore. The Dome had fractured their lives in more ways than one, and Julia just wishes she knew if this was supposed to be the start of something, or the end of everything.
"I thought about that too but... I don't think so. Whatever this place is, it's not like the Dome. Maybe on the surface - being trapped, or the events - but it's not the same. I don't think the Dome has anything to do with why we're here." It's not a particularly helpful answer, but it's not necessarily a bad one, either. "I can't say I'm upset that it brought you here, though."