Audience: Yuri Leclerc

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Comments

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... you really think that?

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I know it.

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lust was worried about you. extremely worried about you.

and i'll cut through the mud here -- as difficult as our conversations might be, i don't actually dislike you. i wouldn't bother talking with you if i did. and i wouldn't have bothered trying to check on you when you woke up.

i would suspect others feel similarly.

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Lust is different.

I strongly doubt others feel similarly.

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they were still worried. different or not.

you can dismiss that part, but i've said my piece regarding how i think.

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I'm very glad for you.

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[ turtle slaps them ]

thanks, i appreciate it.

seriously though. you were... lacking certain body parts. no complications after getting back and being not-dead anymore?

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There was the normal amount of pain you tend to feel as you regrow a head.

Other than that it's fine.

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[ it seems distinctly not fine but, okay. ]

congratulations on the regrowth, then. that whole situation could have been extraordinarily worse. [ show me the head trying to figure out pride is bringing me to literal tears i hope it's really obvious and i kick myself at reveals ]

just... try not to lose it again. alright?

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[i'm crying becks]

I don't intend to. It isn't a particularly fun experience.

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[ this is me every single day it is driving me mad. tears stream down my face.

who are you ]

i can imagine.

the alternative is maybe worse though, so. there's that.

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[i believe in you]

I'd prefer to not come back if I'm going to die, but I'm aware that's not a popular opinion.

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[ please don't flurry ]

not usually. death is pretty final as far as i know, so i wouldn't turn my nose up at the chance to cheat it even just once.

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Not all what it's cracked up to be.

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i'll take your word for it, given you have the experience of it.

but still. there are people i would like to bring back if i could.

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Then you had better not die here.

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that's the plan.