...
No.
-Pulls him into a hug-
-Even by her standards, it could be mistaken for a murder attempt-
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?-She lets go, holding her head again-
Get them out. Told you to get them out. Something sharp. Through the skull. Bang. Fixed. Forever.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?-She shakes her head-
It— I'm going to die. I can't focus, and the daemons will find me and everyone around me will die.
Hurry.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?-Allows herself to be prodded-
Not hard enough. Not sharp enough.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?-She gives a sharp gasp-
-Going tense-
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?...
Okay. Okay.
-She concentrates-
-Some are blended together-
-Maybe the obvious ones first-
-You are the sensible one, it's your job to distinguish-
-Memories start trickling back-
-People-
-Faces-
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?-Starts to offload the LEWD-
-And technical motorcycle information-
-Hopefully none of that mixes up on the way over-
-That could be compromising-
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?-Okay, you've got some memories that belong to an emotionally traumatised twenty-something person who was kept in confinement and experimented on alongside an unlikely friend of whom a great deal of attachment and dependence was heaped upon and whose death they blame themselves for-
-Which one do you want?-
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?

...Hi. Are you okay?
... -to Reigen- So, did you dodge two parking tickets?
edited 26th Sep '16 11:13:05 PM by WonderSquid