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[maybealice]

[ He can't sleep. He won't sleep because something might suffocate him in his sleep. So Alice is wandering around feeling...absolutely paranoid. He hears these whispers, laughter in the voices of 88 little girls that won't go away. He's not going to look back at all today

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voice;

[outwalks]

Ali-

Who's there with you?

voice;

[maybealice]

No one. Unless--

[ A long silence, he's struggling not to look back. ]

No one.

voice;

[outwalks]

Are you all right?

voice;

[maybealice]

Yeah. As long as...they're not here.

voice;

[outwalks]

. . .

There haven't been any new arrivals for some time. No one's after you, Alice.

voice;

[maybealice]

I know. [ It's just incredibly hard to believe when they're whispering right by his ear like that time. ]

voice;

[outwalks]

Ah, sorry-I hadn't meant to imply that you didn't.

. . . Did you hear them?

Re: voice;

[maybealice]

No...I know...sorry. [ Nerves, they are still fried. ]

Yeah, I did.

voice;

[outwalks]

There's been a bit of that getting around lately, I think. So far, none of the people they hear seem to have turned up. You're safe.

voice;

[maybealice]

[ A laugh. ]

Yeah...I figured. I don't think they can even show up here.

voice;

[outwalks]

What are they, if you wouldn't mind my asking?

voice;

[maybealice]

...

Regrets.

voice;

[outwalks]

. . .

Is that a name for something?

voice;

[maybealice]

...things that have been thrown away. [ Things not people, they weren't people anymore. ]

voice;

[outwalks]

. . . You were right, then. There's no chance they could be brought here.

voice;

[maybealice]

Yeah...I know that really.

Doesn't make hearing the voices any better.