[三]
I had a dream.
It told me that there was wrongness within me. An error [...] put there [...] by others. A malformation.
They put it there to stop me. They opened me up while I was asleep.
And now it's crawling under my skin. Replace the flesh and blood...sew it up like a doll.
"All better."
In another place...another time...they said the same thing. Méi guānxi, méi guānxi, River. You'll see your brother soon. You can write to him if you want.
[River sounds as though she's coming undone. Her voice has grown tighter and tighter.]
It's not okay. [Pause. Almost shouting now.] It's not okay! It wasn't what you said, and you never said what it was! You left everything blind and now I'm deaf!
[Break down. Shaking, clasping her head, pulling at her hair. Shrieking.]
Take it out! Wángbadàn de biăozi, take it out now!
[ooc: annnnd in slightly less insane news, you can now read translations of the Chinese pinyin River uses by hovering your mouse over the text. :D ]
It told me that there was wrongness within me. An error [...] put there [...] by others. A malformation.
They put it there to stop me. They opened me up while I was asleep.
And now it's crawling under my skin. Replace the flesh and blood...sew it up like a doll.
"All better."
In another place...another time...they said the same thing. Méi guānxi, méi guānxi, River. You'll see your brother soon. You can write to him if you want.
[River sounds as though she's coming undone. Her voice has grown tighter and tighter.]
It's not okay. [Pause. Almost shouting now.] It's not okay! It wasn't what you said, and you never said what it was! You left everything blind and now I'm deaf!
[Break down. Shaking, clasping her head, pulling at her hair. Shrieking.]
Take it out! Wángbadàn de biăozi, take it out now!
[ooc: annnnd in slightly less insane news, you can now read translations of the Chinese pinyin River uses by hovering your mouse over the text. :D ]