Chapter 35. Another blink of an eye, 67 is gone

[bloody_pens]

THAT OLD LADY I'VE CHANGED BODIES WITH BEFORE IS MY MOTHER.

This means that I HAVE SEEN MY MOTHER NAKED.

THERE IS NOT ENOUGH "DO NOT WANT" IN THIS WORLD.

Comments

[magical_bosom]

You have seen your mother, when all here have lost their families, and this uncouth sentiment is the first thing you see fit to declare?

[bloody_pens]

[Reply comes several hours later, when he's thoroughly drunk, so his writing is a bit shaky.]

Perhaps waiting to get over the shock before reaching for my journal would have been a wiser move. ... That was inappropriate.

[magical_bosom]

Perhaps indeed.

[A pause.] Pray tell, however, how did you accomplish this? I have not heard of any way that one could recover the things that have been lost.

[bloody_pens]

It happens at random, but sometimes you find crystals that let you experience a memory when you touch them. I found one inside a chocolate egg that appeared on my kitchen counter this morning.

[magical_bosom]

They are received as gifts? [Not even touching the "chocolate egg" bit.] However strange that sounds, I thank you.

[bloody_pens]

More or less, yeah. Sometimes it's a gift to recover something, but other times it's frustrating. To just... get one tiny piece of your life back.

[magical_bosom]

A little is better than nothing, yes? It may sustain one even if leanly at least.