♟Five || [Accidental Video]

[painhelps]

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[doesnotbrood]

[After seeing the video, Fenris doesn't waste time responding, but heads to the place he hopes to find her, the apartment he'd found her at before.

Silence greeted him as he entered, but he wasn't surprised at that. Besides, the smell of blood was enough to let him know he was in the right place.]

...Laura?

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[doesnotbrood]

[He's not leaving. Not yet.]

Harming yourself is not an answer.

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[painhelps]

It...helps.

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[doesnotbrood]

[He shakes his head.] All you know is pain. I...understand that. If you continue this, all you will continue to know is pain.

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[painhelps]

[She looks up, there are tears glistening in her eyes, it's the first time anyone has said they understand.] You understand?

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[doesnotbrood]

[He gives her a nod.] Yes. All...I can remember is the pain that gave me these markings. I...don't know who I was, where I came from. I spent...too long running. There was nothing else, no concern, no caring. Only escape.

[A brief pause.] Now...I thought, I think, I know what home might feel like. It has been six years, and still I'm not certain.

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[painhelps]

[She looks up at him, confused and frustrated with that confusion, the hunger is gnawing in the back of her mind and that's making her want to pull away.]

I...did not expect to meet another who understood. [And she does not know what to do with that.]

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[doesnotbrood]

Neither did I. [He meets her eyes.] Most slaves only know what they are allowed to know, service, oppression, and never dream of anything beyond the walls of their Master's house.

[Another pause.]

...it's overwhelming out here.

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[painhelps]

[She looks down again and nods.]

Yes. It is overwhelming.

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[doesnotbrood]

I find it easiest to not take on too many experiences at once, or to question my feelings. Why is a very dangerous question.

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[painhelps]

[she nods, she's realized that herself.] You simply accept what you feel?

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[doesnotbrood]

And what others may feel. Do not underestimate the value of friendship.

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[painhelps]

I have never had friends.

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[doesnotbrood]

It isn't too late.

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[painhelps]

I do not want them to be hurt.

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[doesnotbrood]

I understand that, but the fear of that happening alone is more strength than you know.