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Who: You
When: Day 52, morning
Where: Anywhere

[Of course there's still the flowers that, when stepped on, enhance or dull a sense, and there are still some chocolates in the lounge if you missed them or want more.

But this morning dawns with an infestation of bats.

That is, tiny tiny clockwork bats that get in your hair and coffee and make tiny tiny clockwork bat screeches.

Should you encounter a clockwork bat, and they're pretty hard to dodge, the next person you talk to will... Well, see one of your memories.

Otherwise it seems like a pretty typical morning, and the bats will be gone by afternoon.]

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[JESUS H CHRIST]

[He breathes in sharply, jerks up straight, and just]

[.....]

[Yeah, he's gonna zone out because that's what happens when memories hit him like a tonka truck and he has. To put things. Into perspective a bit.]

Dusk-han?

[she has a bad feeling]

[It's gonna take a minute.]

[Well, now he definitely gets why she's been hiding the Leo thing. It's a possibility he's not the same one? Multiverse theory and all. But even if he was, to have him forget her must hurt a lot, especially when she reacts like that to lost important people.]

[But it's certainly a strong dose of her perspective. He knew she wasn't healthy, but wow. Just. Wow.]

[And the other one, they're on the train, and some of the things they said....]

[No, he can think of the implications about THAT later. Much later. Not now.]

....memory bats.

[

Very calmly.]

What did you see.

Definitely way more than you'd have wanted me to see.

[HOW TO SUCCINCTLY EXPLAIN IT.]

You thought the Licorice with the mushrooms was an imposter.

[FUCKING FUCK OF ALL THE GODDAMNED SHITTY MEMORIES TO SEE.

but she's still very calm, Extremely Polite, even as it gets colder for a moooment. might be hard to pick up.]

I see. Thank you.

[Please, he is the king of noface coldness.]

Yeah.

...you know, I was just gonna see how much you still bought your mother's bullshit...

...I beg your pardon, sir?

[wow ok no it does get colder for sure]

And that'd be a yes.

I'd like to say that's a surprise, but it's really not.

[there's so much to unpack here but let's just toss away the whole suitcase]

I am quite certain I do not know what you are talking about.

Considering I just took a dive into your memory, I'm willing to let it go.

For now.

But I'll sugar coat the truth for a kid. I'm not gonna do it for you. You're smart enough to know exactly what I think of your mother and not a bit of it is positive.

So it's up to you if you want to engage with that right now.

[that "for now" irks her terribly and her eye twitches, though it is hidden by her blindfold]

None of it concerns you.

[he has memories and secrets on her now, what she wouldn't do to erase them from him]

I'm a nosy friend.

[Not a road to go down, 80H, his head is already a mess.]

[then don't go down this road]

I have no friends.

You admitted it, and I told you I wasn't gonna let it go.

I did no such thing.

[And doing a decent impression of her voice.]

'I have thought long and hard about it and I have decided we should be friends, after all.'

And, 'If you believe it is a trick, then it is a trick.'

And I told you I didn't believe it was a trick.

[WHY ARE YOU STILL ON ABOUT THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]

Well, you are rather foolish.

[HE HAS A LONG MEMORY.]

Never claimed otherwise.

So nosy friend.

[so does she she just ALWAYS HOPES HE'LL FORGET]

We are not friends. I am claiming it now.

[HE CAN'T WITHOUT MAGICAL SOUL DESTROYING BULLSHIT, IT'S A PROBLEM.]

Nah.

It takes two to have a relationship.

[He raises an eyebrow and gives her a pointed look.]

[CONSIDERING THE MEMORY HE JUST SAW.]

[she stares at him and it's clear she isn't backing down.

yeah? that memory where it was said that you can force a relationship on someone and she didn't take well to that?

that memory?]

[It just also came with her perspective, so HE KNOWS WHY.]

Here's the thing, 80H. You're smart. You know I'm smart. We both know we can read between the lines and say things without saying them.

I made my terms clear. You answered them. You have yet to prove that you didn't mean it because you're a mess of a person and being indirect, movie cliche is very much a move you would pull. I gave you a choice, I gave you multiple warnings at the time, and yet you continued. You made a choice, and I'm going to hold you to it.

You want to end the relationship, that's a discussion.

Because I don't give up on friends. I don't. You'd have to be blind to not know that. And I care about you, whether or not you like it or believe it.

So, the question is, do you really want to have that discussion?