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"He's not here."
"And when he isn't, I feel the emptiness dig deep."
"The shadows loom for longer, the room becomes larger, the spaces grow vast and stretch endlessly, every which way."
"And even if I want to simply expel the hollow creature that has made a tangled home around my gut..."
"I realize it to be too late. It has settled."
"And so I consume... anything I possibly have within reach. Rationally, it should fill me."
"Unfortunately, it does not."
"... According to observation, the presence of others besides him... doesn't help my condition in the least."
"Though they constantly provide entertainment..."
"- engagement, involvement, concern..."
"Though they aid in the passing of seconds and minutes and long, long hours..."
"I, nonetheless, start to experience what feels like a slowly metastasizing ulcer..."
"A lack of response from me, due to my numbing out the emptiness (and anything else in the process) provokes an even bigger issue from the concerned party."
Dice: Y'know, that's got antibiotics in it..."
Cen: ... *stuffs gauze into mouth*
Dice: ... Ee-yeah.
"In which case, I tell them quite simply..."
Cen: Fuck off.
"... To which, the party responds..."
Dice: Ass, I'm sure.
"... Ah, and I am plagued with more thoughts, making me even more hollow."
"They realize, after a brief think, that I am simply who I am..."
"- And that they must live with it."
"Such resilience is something I admire."
"It is also why I think..."
"We can tolerate each other, quite well."
"This is just the way it is."
- Cen
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Soon after, Dice made a wish...
What it was, I really don't know.
(Doesn't that pose just look so "Sora Kingdom Hearts"? LOL.)
... I'm just glad Bell is staying over with us for a few days. ^_^
<3
Anj