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[troyboltonav]

Private, to Clarice

Hey. Listen, I know we're both probably freaked out by what happened at the ball, but can we talk about it? I'm still not totally sure what happened.

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Private to Troy

[never_blink]

ok.

i would never, ever, ever hurt you.

you know that, right?

from clarice

Private to Clarice

[troyboltonav]

I know, I saw how upset you were when you realized it was me. I figured maybe you thought I was someone else? Or one of the robot monsters?

Private to Troy

[never_blink]

phalanx. that's what they called themselves.

the phalanx collective.

you - did see them though? i wasn't the only one?

Private to Clarice

[troyboltonav]

Phalanx. Ok.

No, I definitely saw them. And they were really really scary. I kinda understand why you're nervous, if you had to face stuff like that before.

Private to Troy

[never_blink]

oh no, i was nervous long before that.

i - died - to kill one of those things.

i know that sounds weird.

Private to Clarice

[troyboltonav]

Oh, ok.

Oh my gosh! You...you died? That's so awful.

It does but this town is weird. So...this is like, your second life?

I was worried when you disappeared. I thought you might've zapped yourself away forever.

Re: Private to Clarice

[never_blink]

i think so. it's hard to be sure. i knew i was going to die... but then i woke up here and it was fourteen years later and a different world. i don't know how it happened.

i almost did. i wanted to.[deleted] ...no. sorry for worrying you. i just - ran away. it's what i'm best at.

Re: Private to Clarice

[troyboltonav]

I can't imagine. That sounds so strange. I wish I were there so I could give you a hug.

It's ok. I probably needed the time too. I'm not gonna lie-what happened scared me. But...especially now that you've told me the deal with you and the Phalanx...I understand why you did what you did.

Private to Troy

[never_blink]

that - that's why i'm nervous. not because of the phalanx - i mean, yes they scare me, but -

what i showed you before - being able to move things from one place to another, or being able to teleport myself places - i've just learned i can do all that in the last year. before then, i thought all my ability could do was destroy things. tear them apart until nothing was left. the first time i used it, it was an accident, i didn't know i could, and i

i don't want that to ever, ever happen again. i tried to say i'd never use it again, but then the phalanx came, and it was the only way to stop them, so...

so i understand why you're scared of me. i've been trying so hard to learn how to control it, but i still almost... you...

i'm so, so sorry. it doesn't change what happened - what almost happened - but i am.

Private to Clarice

[troyboltonav]

Oh. So at first, you could only zap stuff...you didn't know you could bring it back? Geez, I'd be scared too if I had a power like that. It's a big responsibility.

Well, I've been thinking a lot about what happened, and this is the thing, right? You could've killed me. You could've done it on the way to the field but you didn't. And then when you could have at the field, you didn't. So I think maybe it doesn't matter as much what you could've done as what you did.

I'm scared of dying. I'm scared of your power sometimes. But I'm not scared of you.