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 Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2016 11:08 am
“… I think you’re not listening. We make sure no one is here… and I leave. Who are you going to hurt? If it’s you say that. Don’t just say people. If I thought you were dumb I’d just tell you to stop.” His own face is almost a mask, a small frown at the off handed caustic remarks. "Besides which, It may come as some surprise but I don't read minds, I have no idea how much you practiced and with who... I just know you were working on it."
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Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2016 11:36 am
Alexis sighed, their shoulders falling, and suddenly looked very small. "...Iunno. Figured if I told you I was afraid of hurting myself, you'd know I was lying, yeah? Sorry for yellin' at you." They did look genuinely sorry, even if it was very little, just a slight downturn of their lips and an aversion of their eyes. "Everythin' just kinda sucks and I don't know what to do about it. I'm not real good at making things better. I only make them worse."
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Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2016 11:43 am
Zac sighs, a strange expression on his own face, distracted, maybe a little dark. “No, I know that feeling. I’m sorry for snapping. And… To be honest I still might have believed you. There are different kinds of hurt. Hell, I hate swimming in water over my head if I can’t see the bottom…. But” He waved his hand suggesting a sort of ‘fill in the blank.’ “… is there anything I can do?”
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Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2016 11:52 am
Their face was still averted, legs sprawled in one direction, head pointing the other. "... not really. I mean, people say it's possible to not feel like this all the time, but I'm pretty sure that's bullshit. You could yell at me if it'd make you feel any better?"
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Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2016 12:00 pm
“No… Pretty sure that would make me feel worse.” He looked sad, reflective. “I wish I could help, I could probably find people who could but – “ He glanced skyward. “Wouldn’t that be amazing magic? Something that could just… put moods to what people consider ‘base line normal’.”
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Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2016 12:06 pm
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Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2016 6:22 pm
“If you’re still with Nasir, have you tried his smoothies?” He asked cautiously. “I mean, your teeth didn’t necessarily change your diet and that um… yeah.” “I mean other than that I guess um…. Chop up your food really fine? And um…. Yeah. Don’t get involved with anyone that likes biting? I mean, unless they –really- like biting.
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Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2016 6:34 pm
"His smoothies are incredible. I have literally never had a smoothie as good as that in my life," Alexis almost-enthused, their stone-cold face slowly calming into some sort of sardonic neutral. "I can still eat things, but... it's kinda tricky to chew."
They winced again.
"But I'm real good at murder, I guess. So there's that. What a great ******** reward."
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Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2016 6:43 pm
“You can choose not to… that’s a good start. If you mean your fetch though… I um… yeah.” he sighed. “… those things try and ruin lives from what I’ve seen, yours… took it to a whole new level.”
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Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2016 6:54 pm
"I killed her," Alexis says; their hands are shaking. (They don't wear the wrist brace their fetch did.) "She - she kept tellin' me what she'd done to everyone. She was so proud, I couldn't - I bit her throat out, I - I'm not sorry, I'm not -"
Deep breath. Deep breath. Alexis puts their head in their hands and breathes.
"... ********. Sorry. You shouldn't have to hear this."
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Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2016 7:00 pm
He took a breath and let it out.. "Alexis... you know I don't mind listening right?"
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Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2016 7:04 pm
"Nobody wants to listen to me," Alexis snorts, dismissive, "trust me, I'm a brat. I'm stupid, but I'm not stupid enough to know that when I've heard it often enough."
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Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2016 7:42 pm
“Right, I just offer because I want to make offers I don’t mean.” He said and shook his head. “Seriously… I hear a lot of s**t from a LOT of people, I think I can handle listening to someone who figures they are a brat, and maybe even we can find common ground.”
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Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2016 7:49 pm
"I'm not that good at talking when I know I'm being listened to. ... how about you ask questions, or you talk, n' I'll interject now and then? 's a lot easier for me." They combed their fingers through their hair, beginning the steps to weave it into a simple braid, absentmindedly keeping their hands busy.
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Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2016 8:08 pm
“…Okay…” he said carefully. “Um, you said, you’d been stabbed before. What happened?”
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