thirtieth memory

[obliviomancy]

XI's gone.

Guess I should have expected that. The City's not supposed to be somewhere you get to stay. Everyone leaves. Maybe I'll be the next one.

I used to think that I wouldn't take the way out even if they gave me a door. That whether I wanted my heart or not, I couldn't just leave him here. He'd probably end up dying for some friend if he didn't

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[turnaboutspirit]

Who's gone?

[totally doesn't understand all of what he's going on about, but he just seems so so depressed!]

You sound like you need a hug.

[obliviomancy]

Someone I know. I didn't even care about him, but somehow it matters that he's gone. I still can't figure out wh

I tried a hug once. He just stood there. It was like putting my arms around a tree. I don't see the point in hugs.
... This is a curse. I don't need anything.

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[turnaboutspirit]

!! THAT'S NOT RIGHT!

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[turnaboutspirit]

HUGS ARE BEST WHEN IT'S LIKE TWO BEARS WRESTLING.

[turnaboutspirit]

You just need to find the right person to hug.

Maybe it matters because... he mattered?

[obliviomancy]

People keep talking about the right people to hug. I don't get it - hugs shouldn't be that picky. I don't want to wrestle a bear, either. It's hard enough to fight the stuff around here without trying different ways to fight them.

He didn't matter. I didn't even really know him. But he was like me. And he knew something that I wanted to know about.

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[turnaboutspirit]

Well... it's not that hugs are that... picky? But... uhm... it's kind of like...

Like...

What is it like?

[turnaboutspirit]

Well... sometimes, some things just mean more if they come from the right person. And sometimes some people just aren't as good at doing some things, like riding a bike, or cooking, or hugging.

[obliviomancy]

You can get good at riding a bike or cooking if you practice. Somehow, I don't think a hug works the same way. How would you do it, anyway? By holding onto someone until it starts to mean something?