[00110100 / text / May 2, afternoon / so many private texts]

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[filtered to ancestorhive trolls + Aranea]

have a partner now
he used to be aii iin paiir of sunglasses
thiink iis very appropriiate choiice


[Same filter + AR]

saw empress

dont worry
am all riight

but am goiing to stay at own hiivestem for liittle whiile

=be careful=


[And now just AR]

iif =she= fiinds out youre partner you could be iin danger
am so sorry


[Sollux, your not-dad needs a word with you]

what the hell were you thiinkiing meetiing wiith =her=??

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I suppose with a particular fish witch about, I shouldn't be surprised.

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sorry ss
youll be safer iif am not there

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You know that's not true.

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but =you= know best way =she= can hurt self iis to hurt famiily
and =she= knows iit too

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That goes for any of us, Mituna.

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[Psii would rather let her focus wrath on self. Thinks doesn't have much choice about that, anyway.]

miight have provoked =her=

0k defiiniitely diid
dont know what came over self kankrii

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...

I'd say a bit of your old self came over you. I find that to be a good thing.

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felt liike
dont even know
liike was goiing to explode

=hated= feeliing that way

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Like anger?

My friend, it's perfectly understandable and arguably justified, considering the misfortune that feel upon you at her hand.

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yes
was very angry
but more


am stiill afraiid of her
was tryiing to prove wasnt
just made everythiing worse

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Fear is not a weakness, Psii. It never has been. Fear is a natural emotion and a healthy one, if kept in check. What cannot happen is allowing it to control your actions and dictate what you do.

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thats where have problem
dont know how to keep self from doiing somethiing stupiid when am too caught up in =feeliing= to even see iits stupiid!!

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Count to ten?

Or would twenty-two work better?

[ teasing to lighten the mooooood. ]

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could count iin biinary
am much slower at iit now

wiill be all riight
dont worry ss
fiirst tiime seeiing =her= was bound to be worst

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Perhaps we will be fortunate and she will disappear.

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hope so

but know better than to assume somethiing want so much wiill happen

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It is the only little nugget of hope, false or otherwise, that I am going to cling to.

[ for the sake of that anger still bubbling in him. ]

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ss
are =you= 0k??

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Why do you ask?

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know thiis iisnt easy for you eiither
also know you worry more about everyone else than yourself

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Are you not doing the very same right now?

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wiill be wiith partner iif go

so let
me do iinstead of you for biit
know thiis iisnt only about self
dont liike everyone beiing so worriied

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We'd worry even if you were in the safest place imaginable.

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know that
but am fiine

=wiill= be fiine

ss
you deflected questiion

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Did I? I can't seem to remember...