[It's a bit of an unusual sight, but at the moment, Priscilla is sitting in bed, wearing a slip-dress style pajama, and leaning on her one good arm. The other... well, there's definitely something wrong with it - it's there... mostly. But it's bone-thin - even thinner than normal, and covered in bandages from shoulder to... well her hand isn't
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...hey, um, are you alright?
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Oh! And yes, I'm fine! I just... lost an arm and leg in a fight, that's all!
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[ Oh! ]
[ He knows what she means. Nodnod. ]
It happens, like, sometimes you just have to be abrupt because you'd rather things not escalate, right? I get that.
...A-are your arm and leg...are they growing back?
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Anyway, yes, they're... growing back. It takes a while because I'm not really a defensive type. But I guess I'm lucky because I'm a little... different.
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[ Not that he knows whether you view him as much, but despite the arguments they've gotten into in the past, he views you as a friend. Because you're a good person deep down and he'd hate to see that changed in any way, compromised. ]
[ Worthwhile things aren't meant to be easy and all that jazz. ]
I, uh, don't really know what that means, but I'm really glad they're...growing back. [ Blink. ] Does it...does it hurt?
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[A short pause; she moves her fingers, offscreen.]
It means I want to fight more than I want to run. [Sort of.] It doesn't hurt. Not anymore, anyway. It just looks bad, that's all.
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[ He tilts his head. ]
I'm...also glad that it doesn't hurt anymore. I don't even want to imagine what it must have...
[ He clears his throat and looks away. ]
Yeah.
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But the things here... some of them are much stronger than anything I had to face at home. And some of them are... strange. I don't mean that in a bad way! I just mean... I don't know what to expect from them until they cut my hand off and I need to kick them through a wall to stop them from doing it again before I can put it back on.
[yeah.]
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