A little of it helps, yeah. Even if we can't see 'em, I'd be nice to get a message to them.
[ dead letters... ]
Oh. Shite, my brain keeps mixin' that up with my actual name. It was what the people who were givin' us orders and tryin' to get us to do things called us.
If anything, getting thoughts and feelings down will help both of us... and if we can find someway that it can reach them... it's two birds with one stone.
[ her expression softens. ]
I'm sorry you were pushed to do things you didn't want. Is that why you came back so injured?
[ his reading and writing isn't amazing, is more the thing but my god he'll do his best. ]
'Cause someone was proud of you when you did. It was like... some kinda urge, drive to do what they wanted. You had to really put your foot down to disobey them.
[ that's fine... she can transcribe for him, too, if he'd like. my coffee hasn't fully kicked in yet and i spent five minutes trying to remember the word transcribe. ]
A horrible compulsion. I'm glad you tried to be true to yourself and resist. I'm not happy you had to be hurt to do it.
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[ since they're all souls right now. ]
Oh, so you'll still answer to... your other name? What was it again?
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[ they ... really are all souls. ]
Gloomfang.
[ yeah. ]
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[ she's so confident in this even if there's nothing to support it. ]
What happened to Gloomfang? What did you do?
[ what kind of wacky cyoa made you be warrior cats or whatever it was ]
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[ dead letters... ]
Oh. Shite, my brain keeps mixin' that up with my actual name. It was what the people who were givin' us orders and tryin' to get us to do things called us.
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[ they can be ready whenever dead letters become a thing. ]
What kind of orders did you have to follow as Gloomfang?
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… I can give it a try? I’d like to.
[ he’s a tiny bit hesitant though. ]
Findin’ an artifact. And they tried to get us to hurt people.
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[ her expression softens. ]
I'm sorry you were pushed to do things you didn't want. Is that why you came back so injured?
[ for trying to disobey? ]
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[ essentially. ] But if it helps, I can try.
Basically, yeah. But I think even if you obeyed, it still hurt.
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[ he doesn't have to be smart and educated to write a good letter. he just has to be himself. ]
Huh? Then who would ever want to obey?
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'Cause someone was proud of you when you did. It was like... some kinda urge, drive to do what they wanted. You had to really put your foot down to disobey them.
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A horrible compulsion. I'm glad you tried to be true to yourself and resist. I'm not happy you had to be hurt to do it.
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Yeah, well. Got us back here, like. I'd be bloody pissed at meself if I'd given in and got stuck there.
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You did well to come back. Thank you for not making anyone miss you.