4. [video/action]

[dontdrinkthe]

Please--

[The NV is being held in unsteady hands, Artemis's pale fingers blocking much of the would-be video.]

Please, I can't--

[He's distressed, his thought jittering and discordant, overlapping one another to create a strange thrum of sound, familiar to what has been heard before. He lifts his NV, a small pink orb, as if to ward off some

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voice;

[longaevus]

What happened? [ Someone sounds rough :\ ]

voice;

[dontdrinkthe]

They won't listen. They won't listen. I can't. I can't heal them.

voice;

[longaevus]

Artemis, what happened? Who won't listen?

voice;

[dontdrinkthe]

They see miracleslies they're lying everywhere. DesperateFragile I can't I can't help.

voice;

[longaevus]

What do they believe that you’ve done? [ And how? ]

voice;

[dontdrinkthe]

They say I heal them. They're wrong. I can't. I am no healer.

voice;

[longaevus]

Can you think of anything that you may have done to give them that impression?

voice;

[dontdrinkthe]

No. No. I was only walking, lookinglistening.

voice;

[longaevus]

Is there anything more? Anything that may seem unrelated?

voice;

[dontdrinkthe]

[She can't see him, but he cringes.]

No it isn't true I have no halo.

voice;

[longaevus]

A halo? They believe you to be an angel?

voice;

[dontdrinkthe]

Once... once they did freak and angel.

voice;

[longaevus]

You're not a freak.

voice;

[dontdrinkthe]

always. always. always a freak. A boy with no voice, worshipers at his feet.

voice;

[longaevus]

You are not a freak. [ It's as forceful as she can make it sound ] All of us here have something different about us.

voice;

[dontdrinkthe]

And we hate each other for it.