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terriblepurpose
2022-10-27 02:15 am (UTC)
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Not by very long. It doesn't matter, anyway, how long you've known someone. It matters how much they mean to you.
She was one of the first people who decided to be my friend. Like you.
I wanted to make her hot chocolate again, this winter. I'd been practicing.
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peripheries
2022-10-28 05:44 pm (UTC)
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I know. I watched you. You were getting better.
I'm sure she would have liked it.
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terriblepurpose
2022-10-29 04:36 am (UTC)
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She will like it.
Are you going to be all right? For now, at least.
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peripheries
2022-10-29 04:40 am (UTC)
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My stomach hurts.
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terriblepurpose
2022-10-29 04:45 am (UTC)
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There's mint tea in the basket in the cupboard up and to the left of the stove.
I'm sorry I'm not there to make it for you.
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peripheries
2022-10-29 04:54 am (UTC)
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I want you to come home.
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terriblepurpose
2022-10-29 05:01 am (UTC)
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I will soon.
There's one thing left I have to do.
Be brave for me until then.
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peripheries
2022-10-29 06:30 pm (UTC)
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I'm tired of being brave.
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terriblepurpose
2022-10-29 06:50 pm (UTC)
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[A scratchy, wavering half-inhale. A pause.]
So am I.
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peripheries
2022-10-29 06:53 pm (UTC)
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[Well, now he feels a little guilty.]
You don't always have to be. Even though you think you do.
[Suddenly. An intrusive thought.]
I haven't done a good job guarding you.
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terriblepurpose
2022-10-29 07:05 pm (UTC)
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[Guilt isn't Paul's intent. When he presses the Omni to his brow to feel its fleeting coolness, all he's after is connection.
But that's the cost of being as overworn as he is. He isn't keeping himself tempered.]
This isn't your fault. What were you supposed to have done?
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peripheries
2022-10-29 07:17 pm (UTC)
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Not burned.
Stayed close.
[Connection is all he wants too. And he feels guilt that they are not close right now. That they would have stayed close if his body had not failed him.]
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terriblepurpose
2022-10-29 07:48 pm (UTC)
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Don't do that.
Don't take responsibility for things you couldn't help.
I don't know what to say when you talk like that, or what I'm supposed to do.
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peripheries
2022-10-30 05:52 pm (UTC)
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I don't know either. I just wanted to say it.
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terriblepurpose
2022-10-30 06:02 pm (UTC)
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...I know.
It's hard. I wish I knew how to make it easier without being there.
When I come home, I'm not letting you go for a week.
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peripheries
2022-10-30 06:09 pm (UTC)
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What if I find you first?
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terriblepurpose
2022-10-30 06:39 pm (UTC)
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Won't make a difference. Your fate is sealed.
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She was one of the first people who decided to be my friend. Like you.
I wanted to make her hot chocolate again, this winter. I'd been practicing.
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I'm sure she would have liked it.
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Are you going to be all right? For now, at least.
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I'm sorry I'm not there to make it for you.
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There's one thing left I have to do.
Be brave for me until then.
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So am I.
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You don't always have to be. Even though you think you do.
[Suddenly. An intrusive thought.]
I haven't done a good job guarding you.
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But that's the cost of being as overworn as he is. He isn't keeping himself tempered.]
This isn't your fault. What were you supposed to have done?
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Stayed close.
[Connection is all he wants too. And he feels guilt that they are not close right now. That they would have stayed close if his body had not failed him.]
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Don't take responsibility for things you couldn't help.
I don't know what to say when you talk like that, or what I'm supposed to do.
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It's hard. I wish I knew how to make it easier without being there.
When I come home, I'm not letting you go for a week.
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