featherduster | ( limelight ) overflow

I'm admiring how resistant you are to greys, all things considered.

Uh oh. Considering what?

[ Holding up a paper slip ]

...which one?

Holding up the whole sky. By yourself.

[ breathes out ]

It was only for a few minutes. You saw.

[ Looks at him like exactly like this ]

I'm not saying it didn't kinda suck for those few minutes.

Imagine you saw the exact same memory, but instead of you, it was Nettle holding up the sky. How would you feel about it?

[ sighs ]

What do you want me to say?

Your honest answer.

[ sighs, impatient ]

I don't have to imagine. I've seen him in worse shape than that; I hated it. Hating it didn't change that it happened, though. I can get that you're upset about it or something, but I can't make the Atlas thing un-happen.

Of course not.

But you don't need to trivialize the bad shit that happened to you for our sakes, either.

I'm not just...I mean, point taken. And that was pretty bad. Definitely a top five moment for ow in my memories. But the danger levels? Were just a day ending in y. That's my everyday in the memories. And kind of the everyday on the boat, too.

[ He frowns very deeply ]

You've mentioned it. I think I said it before, but I'll say it again: it's bullshit. I hate it.

It's not great. But it's also hard to get upset over every little thing anymore.

[ hears himself, winces ]

I know. Not "little." But...yeah, it's hard to get mad when it happened so often. Keeps happening.

[ He thinks on this for a moment ]

If you had to choose -- this life, or that one.

Which would you pick?

[ bites the inside of his mouth hard enough to draw blood ]

...this one. If I really got to keep it.

[ That earns the small twitch of a smile ]

I see.

Well, let's do our best to make sure you don't end up holding up this sky either.

Thaaat would be appreciated.

[ ... ]

I saw one of yours too.

[ GRIMACES INVOLUNTARILY ]

.... Oh yeah?

[ hands over the slip ]

[ He takes it

Oh. That one. His face does a funny thing where it just kinda goes blank ]

Damn.

...we don't have to talk about it.

Experience so far tells me we literally have to talk about it.

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