...If nothin' else, I could at least trust I'd never intentionally do anything to hurt Bas, and I never had to worry 'bout him gettin' turned into someone I don't know overnight. Didn't matter how bad things got, 'cause I'd make sure he'd survive or I'd die tryin'.
Well, obviously I remember my own name, I know about my mission, my faith, and I remember basic things about the world. I haven't forgotten that fire is hot or which end of a knife is sharp.
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Date: 2025-02-23 09:42 pm (UTC)No, but... yeah?
...If nothin' else, I could at least trust I'd never intentionally do anything to hurt Bas, and I never had to worry 'bout him gettin' turned into someone I don't know overnight. Didn't matter how bad things got, 'cause I'd make sure he'd survive or I'd die tryin'.
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Date: 2025-02-24 12:19 am (UTC)It doesn't feel unfamiliar to me. To know that there's nothing we can do to stop it from continuing, so we simply must endure.
But I see why that's different. He's lucky to have someone like you.
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Date: 2025-02-24 12:39 am (UTC)Rotten thing to have to be used to.
...That mission you mentioned before, that have anything to do with it? Or was that somethin' else?
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Date: 2025-02-24 01:24 am (UTC)[she drums her fingers on the table, takes another drink.]
Not exactly. I don't know what I mean. I don't remember. It's just what makes sense to me.
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Date: 2025-02-24 01:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-02-24 01:33 am (UTC)I don't have memories from before the past few weeks. I know why, and it's fine.
[it's fine!]
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Date: 2025-02-24 02:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-02-24 02:14 am (UTC)Well, obviously I remember my own name, I know about my mission, my faith, and I remember basic things about the world. I haven't forgotten that fire is hot or which end of a knife is sharp.
But about myself, personally? Nothing.
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Date: 2025-02-24 03:44 am (UTC)[ or do you not remember that part... ]
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Date: 2025-02-24 12:52 pm (UTC)[looking at her drink.]
Supposedly. Of course, since I don't remember agreeing to it, there's no way to prove that.
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Date: 2025-02-24 02:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-02-24 02:58 pm (UTC)No kidding. At least now, here, in death, I wouldn't mind being able to remember.