Audience: Sheila Hammond

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[GHOST CAT AND GHOST BIRD... CUTE... She looks around the house as she wanders in, half expecting it to be on fire.]

Hey! Who are your friends?

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Oh-- this one's Snowball, and he's Banquo.

[indicating the cat first, then the bird!]

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[She will, of course, wave her hand at both.]

Hello, Snowball. Hello, Banquo.

[So cute... Anyway, she sits down and looks at him over.]

How are you feeling, anyway> You scared the crap out of us the other day.

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On all levels except emotional, I am totally fine?

[when she sits down, snowball comes over to investigate. hello. please pet her. she feels a little like cotton; there's barely any weight or solidness to her, but she can still be touched.]

[toesies]

... Yeah, that sounds about right.

[She will, in fact, pet her! And try her best not to jab her because, whoa, this is a weird sensation.]

Do you want to talk about it?

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...want is maybe a strong word, but, um. I'll try?

[a slight pause.]

I don't want to, um, just-- drop all my emotional baggage at your feet again. Not if you don't want to deal with it all the time.

[toesies]

Hey, what are friends for if not hearing each other out when they need to unload?

[She very, very, very gently nudges them with her elbow.]

Besides, I'm not "dealing" with anything. We're having a conversation.

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-okay, okay, point taken.

[they take that nudge, and exhale a little sigh.]

It's just-- it was pretty rough. I still, um, feel a little off-center thinking about it.

[toesies]

I can imagine... I heard a little from Pride, and even he seemed shaken up by it.

[... Not bringing up that Envy literally took a bullet for Pride because that seems, hm, like an unfortunate thing to bring up unprompted.]

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...yeah. When even he's having trouble with it, then it's-- a lot.

[he fidgets with his sleeve, there, not looking at her.]

I, um. When I got separated from the others-- I don't know what they dealt with, but it was all... all of you guys getting what you wanted. Leaving me behind. Killing me before you left, saying it-- it all never really meant anything in the first place, that I was just there for you to get your desires and go. And I'd come back, and it'd happen all over again with someone else.

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... Oh, my god.

[WHY ARE YOU ALL SO MEAN TO THE NPCS WTF]

I hope this doesn't need to be said, but... That wasn't a reflection of real life, you know? We may be assholes, and we do a lot of things we shouldn't be proud of, but we wouldn't ditch you like that.

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-I know. I know that at least-- most of it wasn't.

[...he wraps his arms around himself a little, though.]

But you are going to end up leaving me.

[toesies]

Hey, listen to me. If that happens, and only if, it won't be by choice.

[She scoots a little closer, careful not to spook the cat and bird.]

I don't know about everyone else, but if there's a way to stay in touch when this is over... I want to find it.