#dropkicks this

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> This sucks.

> But at least you’ve mastered the art of a silent anxiety attack. You’ve been very anxious throughout your entire trip through the grocery store, but it wasn’t until you got in line and ran out of distractions that your attack really hit.

> You’re fine. You’re just, breathing kind of slowly through your nose and your hands are shaking a bit. Sure, your chest feels like there’s a burning knot in it, but you’re not visibly upset so it’s fine.

> You get through the checkout and the cashier gives you your total for the box of tea and tin of cat food you grabbed. Six-something caegars. You’ve only got five.

> You stare at her for a moment, swear softly, mutter an apology, and step out of line without your items. You head for the door, maybe hurrying a bit since you just want to get outside.

> The troll who was behind you in line probably thinks that was kind of weird, or maybe just sad, it’s not an uncommon thing for lowbloods.

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> What sort of existence is this..?

> You can’t even die. Someone shot you in the head, something that would kill any other undead, and yet the wound healed on it’s own and you ‘survived’. The other troll didn’t.

> Because you are so, so very hungry. And the only thing that seems to satiate your hunger, even if not for long, is troll flesh. 

> Your mother created this body for you...You thought, out of pity for your incorporeal existence, but apparently she simply thought being a ghost wasn’t punishment enough.

> You can think, too. You aren’t mindless, yet you’re shambling along like all the other walking corpses. You’d finally wandered your way out of the desert where your mother left you, now you’re nearing something like civilization. 

> What are you going to do, Altira?

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Child of Light Starter Sentences

"Let me tell you a story."

"Nightmare, let me wake."

"Shake the dew from your eyes before mold grows. That's common sense."

"This is but a dream. Trust not what you see."

"Seems real to me!"

"So dull my speech, you fell asleep?"

"What I speak of is real."

"The only way home is to banish the night."

"Do not despair, my dear."

"Open your eyes."

"You are a child of light."

"Have you seen bright balloons nearby?"

"In these dark times one must take a stand."

"Can I join you? My bags are already packed."

"Why you are so upset, I do not see."

"I wish I never got up today."

"It shows you what your heart is craving."

"Have a look. It's worth a run."

"Make your magic again. Quick."

"It only works once."

"You sing like a bird."

"We have only begun."

"As family we overcome together; any obstacle, now and forever."

"Where did you learn magic?"

"This bug is perfect for you."

"Looking up is silly in this economy."

"Ugh, gigantic vermin."

"Allow me to accompany you on this venture."

"If that mouse comes near me, I will crush him like a daisy."

"This kind of combat is light."

"You with the circus that just passed through?"

"This mechanism seems ancient."

"Ooh, look at all this gold."

"Your charity inspires me."

"It was noble what you did."

"Will you be mine?"

"But our dreams bank on this."

"What a sad sight."

"We all have a role to play, when cast appropriately."

"You realize that we're all doomed. Right?"

"There, there. No crying."

"I must go home to my family, it's as simple as that."

"The trick is to remain happy while we're alive."

"Some people are different from you. And no matter what you say or do, nothing will ever get through. Do not waste your time explaining."

"Life's too short to be so accommodating."

"We no longer have to roam."

"Family first, now and forever?!"

"We are not together."

"You I admire, but we are not family."

"Rude creature."

"I will stop the breath in your throat."

"That is what comes of a weak family."

"You will go someday when you are ready."

"Let me help you."

"That song. I know it's melody."

"You are the child who fights the dark!"

"I simply want to go home."

"Is that what your mother would say if she were alive today?"

"You have to leave your castle to face the world on your own for what it truly is to find your real home."

"You came back!"

"Are you a ghost?!"

"My happiness will not last, believe me."

"What are the risks? Will we get caught?"

"Brothers we no more be."

"You were a perfect disgrace."

"Maybe it's the light of the moon, but I think you've gotten taller!"

"Who cares, we just killed a dragon. What a team!"

"Cheerful place, isn't it?"

"I feel safe behind your sword."

"Does he have a sense of humor?"

"Hear your peoples' cries."

"What are you, some kind of joke?"

"I have so much to tell you."

"We share that in common from long ago."

"We explorers inherited this world."

"This is bigger than me and my family."

"In this world, for ill or for good, we live together."

"I need volunteers to follow me."

"Close your eyes, let go, and drift off to sleep."

"The world is darker than it seems."

"I know that you've seen the worst."

"Hang on to what you know."

"I'll be waiting for a sign you're coming back."

"I'll be with you in your dreams."