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regenerable February 7 2008, 20:48:42 UTC
There are a lot of us out here.

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purgatory_voice February 7 2008, 20:53:13 UTC
but you feel the absence of one.
in corrodors, doors, ceilings, floors,
an absence echoes. what was two is one.

what is one
was always one.

and now it is alone in its isolation.

what did you lose?

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regenerable February 7 2008, 20:57:27 UTC
You speak in poetry. Interesting.

But... I've lost a lot. People, pets, and I think I'm slowly losing my emotional stability. But that's probably just a side effect of being here for so long.

Do you have a name or anything?

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purgatory_voice February 7 2008, 21:04:02 UTC
a more recent wound, slower to close.
you were so well protected, then.

i am a quiet voice from below.

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regenerable February 7 2008, 21:08:26 UTC
I don't want to talk about this. How...how do you know anything about these things?

Okay then. I'm Claire. But I'm guessing you might already know that. I guess I'll just call you The Voice?

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purgatory_voice February 7 2008, 22:08:16 UTC
when i do not vocalise, i listen.

a name would be a convenient tool,
to identify, to notify, to enslave.

... the voice is a good name.

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regenerable February 7 2008, 22:11:32 UTC
... enslave?

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purgatory_voice February 8 2008, 00:33:15 UTC
yes.
the power to summon, the power to banish
granted to the wielder of a name.
to be summoned, to be banished,
the fate of that name's possessor.

do not worry, claire. it should not trouble you.

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