mykidisthebest | SPECIAL DISASTER OVERFLOW POST

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SPECIAL DISASTER OVERFLOW POST

Continuations for Day 249 Post-Performance threads that are lost to the void

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[closes his eyes, because he can't do anything to stop the wind and can't bring himself to watch]

Don't apologize. ...I know why you left. It wasn't for no reason.

[just continues this conversation as he’s cut up again nbd]

What?

[immediately feels like he played his hand too soon; squirms uncomfortably in his seat]

--You did leave without saying anything. And I knew you were stressed about work...Maybe it wasn't the only reason.

[watching him with shuttered, assessing eyes, but

reaches very deep in this moment past the fog of bad impulses and pain and anger and exhaustion, perhaps out of fear, perhaps out of some scattered awareness that he can try to stop the madness, he doesn’t always have to start knocking things over like a bull in a china shop, someone did once teach him how to manage his rage even if they never got to making him want to—]

Don’t bring things up to the light if you’re not prepared to learn something ugly about them.

I don't think it's ugly.

We don't have to talk about it, though. I figured that you didn't want to.

[leaden]

We probably should.

But now would be unwise.

[opens his eyes to look at him]

What's wrong with now?

Do you think the best time to try to socialize an animal is when it’s in the middle of being treated?

You're not an animal.

[...sighs, softly]

But, fine, no objections here. Wait until you feel better.

[irritably]

I will point out you were also set on fire and then got repeatedly beaten up by the floor.

And despite all of that I can somehow still hold a conversation. Unless you're going to kiss it and make it better I don't see why my injuries have to do with this.