scawwy pcs: kate

[drymonster]

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[sootprints]

[ me yesterday like "i think you guys should gaslight totty for as long as humanly possible" but they were nice... tch.

she just nods. ]

[drymonster]

[ tbf he would have gotten really insufferable really fast. ]

...Fuck.

[sootprints]

[ there's a pause, a little bit of reflection, and the feeling of something cracking a little bit. ]

... I wanted to tell him that it worked.

[drymonster]

...To tell Famine you made it through the night, you mean?

[sootprints]

[ another nod. and then,

smoke starts to pour out from her head. a sudden flood of grief and sorrow with it. ]

... Ahh. I told him, and then...

[ feelings of horror. ]

[drymonster]

[ ah. this feels terrible. ]

...Man. I'm sorry. You've really been trying hard this whole time, huh?

[sootprints]

I don't know if that's the right way to put it. I did try...

But I was running away, too. Because I couldn't accept the answer in front of me...