The Only Way Out Is Through

I'm sorry.

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◈ Ah! Noted! ◈ (You won't have to worry about that soon...)

[pt: Ah! Noted!

(You won't have to worry about that soon...)]

◈ Now- Hold still! This is delicate work!

[pt: Now- Hold still! This is delicate work!]

something is holding your head in place.

(you have one of those?)

you feel... queasy.

◈ Yes! There we go! That was perfect! Perfect, perfect! ◈ (I'm so clever...) ◈ Now, we're almost done. Let me ask you one more question. ◈ What do you fight for?

[pt: Yes! There we go! That was perfect! Perfect, perfect!

(I'm so clever...)

Now, we're almost done. Let me ask you one more question.

What do you fight for?]

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◈ . . .

[pt: . . .]

its quiet again.

◈ you get used to it. after awhile.

◈ (If I put this here... And maybe this here... Then...) ◈ Now, now, now! Isn't that some fine work! Don't you agree?

[pt: (If I put this here... And maybe this here... Then...)

Now, now, now! Isn't that some fine work! Don't you agree?]

you suppose you feel more whole.

◈ Hm, still work to be done, though... ◈ How about a... Lighter question. ◈ What is your weirdest pet peeve?

[pt: Hm, still work to be done, though...

How about a... Lighter question.

What is your weirdest pet peeve?]

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◈ Uhuh, interesting, interesting... ◈ (Should always start with a good base...)

[pt: Uhuh, interesting, interesting...

(Should always start with a good base...)]

◈ (I'm sure no one's using this...)

[pt: (I'm sure no one's using this...)]

you go from feeling nothing to feeling numb. somehow, you intrinsically understand that these things are different.

still, you don't feel whole.

◈ Patience, patience, patience! I've hardly gotten started! ◈ Okay, how about another question. ◈ Hmmm... ◈ What... is your deepest fear? ◈ Don't worry, you can be honest. I'm not the judgemental sort.

[pt: Patience, patience, patience! I've hardly gotten started!

Okay, how about another question.

Hmmm...

What... is your deepest fear?

Don't worry, you can be honest. I'm not the judgemental sort.]

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you answer with enthusiasm. so many to choose from! how could you possibly pick just one?

◈ Wow. You're... very opinionated on this. ◈ I only needed one, you know. ◈ No, no, no. I can work with this. I think this gives me an idea, actually. I can really streamline this. ◈ But I need a little time to execute it. ◈ So I might as well ask you a few more questions while I work, huh? ◈ Tell me... If you could anywhere in the world, anywhere at all, consequence free, where would you go?

[pt: Wow. You're... very opinionated on this.

I only needed one, you know.

No, no, no. I can work with this. I think this gives me an idea, actually. I can really streamline this.

But I need a little time to execute it.

So I might as well ask you a few more questions while I work, huh?

Tell me... If you could anywhere in the world, anywhere at all, consequence free, where would you go?]

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◈ Who I am really does not matter right now. ◈ What does matter, is that you're alive. ◈ ...Kind of... ◈ Whatever. I managed to get to you in time, and now, I'm going to fix this. ◈ But I'm going to need a little input from you, yeah? ◈ ... ◈ I'm just going to take your silence as agreement.

[pt: Who I am really does not matter right now.

What does matter, is that you're alive.

...Kind of...

Whatever. I managed to get to you in time, and now, I'm going to fix this.

But I'm going to need a little input from you, yeah?

...

I'm just going to take your silence as agreement.]

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◈ Now then. Let's get to work.

[pt: now then. let's get to work.]

something... shifts.

◈ I'm going to ask you a few questions, alright? This is just going to help along the process. ◈ First off- You know what a Pokémon is, right? Right. ◈ Well... ◈ What is your favorite Pokémon?

[pt: I'm going to ask you a few questions, alright? This is just to help along the process.

First off- You know what a Pokémon is, right? Right.

Well...

What is your favorite Pokémon?]

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it's like you've been pulled out of the water after nearly drowning, the way clarity descends upon you. a brilliant spotlight chasing away the fog. where once there was silence, there is now a pulse.

you don't feel completely clear headed, but you feel more.... aware.

◈ Oh, good. You're still here. ◈ ... ◈ Well... In a sense of the word.

[pt: Oh, good. You're still here.

...

Well... In a sense of the word.]

there's not much you can use. you don't even feel real. still, in your newly found restlessness, you try to wiggle around a bit and reach out.

it doesn't do much of anything.

◈ And you're still aware! What wonderful news for me!

[pt: And you're still aware! What wonderful news for me!]

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it is dark, and you are....

nothing.

no eyes, no nose, no ears. no mouth to scream, no mind to mourn. you are a complete absence, a hole in existence where somebody should've been, had been.

if you could think, could feel, would you find this peaceful? or terrifying?

it doesn't really matter. maybe it never did. you're not real. nothing is real.

◈ Are you there?

[pt: Are you there?]

….or is it?