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[redfiona99]

Is there even an accepted way to respond to hearing that one of your acquaintances has been murdered?

'Cause right now I'm stuck at 'nah, there must be a mistake', I mean, I know there hasn't been but ...

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[lilacsigil.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear you're going through this. If there is an accepted response, I certainly don't know what it is. A journalist friend of mine was murdered some years ago, and I was stuck at "there must be a mistake" for ages.

[redfiona99.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your kind thoughts. That my stuck response is normal is incredibly reassuring.

[st-aurafina.livejournal.com]

Oh, crap, I'm so sorry. I really doubt there's an accepted response. I think shock and surprise sounds about right to me.

[redfiona99.livejournal.com]

Thanks. The church local to her is holding a candle-lighting so I'm going to go down to that just to do *something*.

[rise-your-dead.livejournal.com]

Yeeps, my condolences!

[redfiona99.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your kind thoughts.