sacredpath | pc: fidelio

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[ lmao.

fidelio is, as one might expect, at the hospital, though he's taking a quick breather outside the room at the moment.

he blinks at the offer, but shakes his head. ]

Thanks, but... wanna stay as sharp as I can tonight.

[ the murder and all. he does look like he appreciates the offer, though, even if he's too stressed out and tired to give anything that really qualifies as a smile. ]

Rain check?

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sacredpath

[that's probably smart but also you could just learn to be good at fighting while drunk? no, she understands.]

Fair enough. Thought I'd offer in case it was a help.

How's your brother?

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fending

Yeah, I know. Appreciate it.

[ and if it were any night but thursday you better believe he'd be downing that shit. ]

Good as anyone lookin' like that can be, probably. I mean, it ain't good, but he's not the worst off neither.

[ he is still so visibly stressed despite saying this. ]

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sacredpath

That's better than it could be, considering how some of them came out before. I'm glad.

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fending

Me too. Thanks.

[ looks back toward the door with a frown. ]

Really hate knowin' this is turning out to be a pattern too.

[ not surprised at this point, but he's not happy about the confirmation either. ]

Gettin' closer every day to takin' back what I said about this not bein' hell.

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sacredpath

I know.

[it's really feeling that way right now.]

This week has been so horrible.

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fending

Definitely been a lot.

[ his brother showing up injured twice, some of this timeline crap... god. ]

...How's your curse situation, anyway?

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sacredpath

Oh. Well. Is it a curse to be capable of feeling remorse?

[he was kind of right that it was about being surprised that it hurts to hurt someone's feelings. he was just wrong that it was about her being abrasive and regretting it.]

I suppose I should be glad that I no longer feel shocked at the notion I would care.

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fending

Sort of is, honestly. Just the kind that don't ever go away.

But that's good. Even if this is about the worst possible time to start feelin' attached to people.

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sacredpath

I do feel attached to people, you know. I'm not some feelingless monster.

[swallowing a bit.]

But it would have been easy to become one, I think.

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fending

[ a slow nod. ]

...Yeah. Reckon I would've crossed that line a long time ago if Bas hadn't been there holdin' me back.

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sacredpath

[she gets why they've both blanched whenever she's said they're lucky to have one another, knowing they're both dead here, but... this sort of sentiment is why she thinks so. it must be wonderful, to have someone you love enough to change for.]

There's no question your brother is a good man, but you're hardly a bad one, at least from what i've seen.

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fending

I don't think I'm terrible or nothin', but. I've always been a real angry, spiteful person. Would've been happy to see the world that treated people like us so badly burn to ashes if it were just me. Only cared about makin' it a better place 'cause I knew he'd have to live in it.