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[It's late on the seventh when Masaomi wakes up on a church pew. At first, he can't bring himself to do anything other than stare at his hands. Slowly he raises them above his head, takes in the palms, flips them over, hesitantly touches the backs, slides his fingers down his own arms.

He's whole.

Suddenly, he digs his nails in. It hurts, and he pulls back, leaving harsh red marks. Masaomi sits up then, still staring like he can't believe his own senses.

He's not crying. You're crying.]


[It's not until the eighth that he sends out another text. No ominous snapshots this time.]

Didn't cut it as a carny.

Comments

[unpredict]

Been there a few times. Sometimes not feeling it is better than feeling it.
It's fine not to be fine, regardless of whether or not you felt it.

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[...]

You ever made a mistake so big and so stupid that it almost gets your friends killed?

[unpredict]

[ well… ]

Too many times to count.

I'm pretty certain I got my brother stabbed, but we'll continue to plead the fifth on that one.

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[That sure is... information. Oh dear.]

Well, I don't ever want to do it again.

So I'm fine.

But if I weren't, maybe I'd tell people that the parade messes with your head a lot more than everyone thinks it does.

To the point that the spirits in it don't need to do anything to get rid of you.



But I'm fine.

[unpredict]

It's good that you're fine, especially since that sounds awful.

[ very much so, but kol will maintain masaomi is fine since he clearly is fine. ]

Did they make you do something to yourself?

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.....

[Yes. Yes, he did just type a bunch of periods instead of not replying.]