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[cahoooooooots]

[the feed opens with a mutter, but one of somebody who knows what she's doing.]

Serves me right for trying to think about stuff to take my mind off my back.

[she knows damn well that what she's about to say is going to sound crazy. but it's on her mind, and she wants validation. or to hear the sound of her own voice. either way.]If you take away

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[and_another_war]

You're... kinda right. I mean, sorry if I wasn't supposed to respond to this, but... it applies to me, definitely.

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[cahoooooooots]

Huh?

Oh. Why the hell wouldn't you be "supposed" to say anything? It's a public post, isn't it?

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[and_another_war]

Yeah, but sometimes people post stuff public they don't mean to, y'know?

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[cahoooooooots]

Stupid people, maybe. [she laughs weakly.] Everything I do is on purpose. If I want to talk to a network full of people that's going to think I'm crazy for saying what I just said, I can do that.

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[and_another_war]

Fair enough. It's...

[He pauses for a moment, voice sounding a little pained]

Not that crazy, in my opinion.

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[cahoooooooots]

Yeah, you said. I wanna say I'm not surprised, but I really am. [she picks up on the pain in his voice and almost says something, but stops herself. it's probably just the wings.]

Especially coming from a human.

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[and_another_war]

Where I come from is, uh... pretty shitty. To put it mildly.

Guess you can relate. What's so messed up about where you're from?

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[cahoooooooots]

[with all the gravitas of giving him the time of day:] My entire species is dead and I'm living on a rock in space waiting to die with the rest of them because my planet got blown up by meteors.

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[and_another_war]

Okay, yeah, that's pretty shit, you're right. This does sound better in comparison.

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[cahoooooooots]

Yep.

I don't really know what I was in such a rush to get back there. I guess maybe I thought it had to be better because I knew what it was like.

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[and_another_war]

Yeah... I felt that way, too. I'm starting to get used to it here, though.

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[cahoooooooots]

What, that doesn't scare you? You could wake up one day with a missing arm and say "oh, I guess that's the experiment" and grab a food bar and go on with your life and that's not scary?

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[and_another_war]

I mean, yeah, I guess it's kinda scary. But there's some weird shit back home, too... and death is permanent there.

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[cahoooooooots]

Yeah... the death thing. I didn't even think about that. I guess I can put that up in the "good things" column, too.

Ugh, I'm getting all personal here.

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[and_another_war]

I mean, don't worry about it. I'm not gonna judge you. It'd be dumb of me to.

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[cahoooooooots]

I wasn't worried, it's just weird. Baring my soul or some shit to some random guy I've never said a word to before. Maybe these wings are messing with my brain.