[these are the little things that makes her want to pat him or pet his head or generally just squish him with affection because she's a gremlin this way, but she's keeping back because she cares about boundaries.
still. he can probably see her vibrate a little with the desire to like hug him or something.]
You're sweet. Doctor or no, you don't have to do shit for me or any of us. Good of you.
I know I don't have to. I'm not actually even obligated to... never took the Oath. But it just doesn't sit right with me to stand around while people are suffering.
[either he is lying or he has a more immediate more special problem in my professional opinion]
The idea's that they're going to drag it out over two months, right? Not all at once like they promised they weren't going to do. Just... bit by bit. Loopholes.
[the math doesn't add up but whatever maybe they'll have rest nights. a beat.]
[ He’s quiet, but not so much in the depressive way as much of a contemplating way — despite the repeating text that wisps across his arms that pulse and now read AGAIN. ]
Yeah. I say that here and there, don’t I…
This is a problem we’re in, but we’ve still got a lot of people left — and plenty of them reasonable.
I don’t have a good idea of where we’ll go from here yet, but…
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... Don't get too in your head about it, meds. It'll be alright. I'm looking after you, too.
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Thanks.
As long as I can trust that "I'm alright", we'll be fine.
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Yeah, of course. [it's second nature.] ... Anything I can do to help you keep trusting that?
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...
...
Not tackle any more doors hereon?
[ Not to beat that dead horse but he thought about it. It was the first thing that came up. It's technically objectively true. ]
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Aw, come on, not even one door?
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[ Pointing to her shoulder. ]
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Yeah, yeah, alright. [...] Thanks for wrapping it up again.
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Just want to make sure you're alright...
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still. he can probably see her vibrate a little with the desire to like hug him or something.]
You're sweet. Doctor or no, you don't have to do shit for me or any of us. Good of you.
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The preventative is better than a real cure.
I know I don't have to. I'm not actually even obligated to... never took the Oath. But it just doesn't sit right with me to stand around while people are suffering.
...Or not realising when people are besides...
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[...]
Hey, stick close, okay? Couple people mentioned they thought this is just gonna start happening every night, and...
[nothing you can do crawls across her jaw.]
Maybe they'll go for the big target first, yeah?
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I don't have much worries about how much of a "good" or "bad" person I am.
[ Wow, a Lowe character without that specific moral conundrum? ]
So don't worry about that...
[ He slowly shakes his head though, still not over his disorientation. ]
Every night? Where did they get that idea...?
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The idea's that they're going to drag it out over two months, right? Not all at once like they promised they weren't going to do. Just... bit by bit. Loopholes.
[the math doesn't add up but whatever maybe they'll have rest nights. a beat.]
I'd just rather be safe about it.
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But he shakes his head. Despite him agreeing. ]
It is an idea I've floated with someone else. [ I think it was Ashlyn but it's been a long day. ] Every day... that'll be a little over a month.
...
[ But they were asleep when Aventurine left and Death arrived. Who's to say it won't be like that again?
Again. ]
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anyway, she also talked with ashlyn about it, so it just makes her rub her face.]
That's almost worse. [...] Making people live in fear. It's torture.
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Fear. Pleasure. Both.
Whatever it might be, there's something to make people act a certain way. So they persist.
...
Even the most stubborn of people... it's hard to just ignore it.
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Yeah. It's hard. But it's not impossible to handle. Especially if you've got other people at your back. Nobody has to be alone, here.
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Yeah. I say that here and there, don’t I…
This is a problem we’re in, but we’ve still got a lot of people left — and plenty of them reasonable.
I don’t have a good idea of where we’ll go from here yet, but…
Way in, way out.