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[sensive]

[ it’s a spiral, yes, it feels that way. florida riptide, red seaweed in the water. dragging you under, out, under, out, unless you flow with it. swim sideways. a day in the direction. logical, but alien, for one who has always been a passenger in his own life but can no longer afford to drift. ]

it says the shadow is neutral
and it reflects what i put into it
when i’m upset with it, it looks more frightening
so i should be more open minded about it

[ but consider i would not be so pissed at that guy if he would be helpful for once ]

[snaggleteeth]

I like that.

[shit and sugar everywhere for those who know both are required for life itself. to grow. some more explosively than others, that's all.]

What about its purpose?

How he was made?

[it's not accidental, the switch in pronouns.]

[sensive]

[ a pause to take in that approval (warm, appreciative) and the subsequent chaser. what sense is there in hiding? ]

i don’t know all the details
the place i’m from had these heroes to protect us for a long time, from dangers that were bigger and more powerful all the time, but we lost a lot of them

so he wasn’t supposed to exist
they were just trying to make somebody strong enough to protect everybody
i wasn’t the guy they wanted it to work on either, more like the first draft

[ to be discarded. ]

[snaggleteeth]

My first master regretted making me what I am, too. Or she would've, if she were capable of questioning herself.

I'd say I'm sorry, but I'm not. Wasn't me, obviously. Someone should be, though.

[did they make that person pay? he does wonder. seems like part of an extended universe, slightly outside the scope of today's introductory book club session.]

How many other drafts were there?

[sensive]

[ understanding in everything down to that she. valentina certainly had regrets. ]

thanks

[ for saying that. it matters every time someone does. ]

a lot
but nobody else survived it

[snaggleteeth]

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Have you considered the possibility you survived because of him?