@kuruko

[telepathy]

how many of you have soulmates?

did it stop you from getting sick?

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[telepathy]

let me know if you want someone to put you out of your misery

[ she'd be first in line, clearly. he'd only be here if he were ill, she figures, even if she hadn't gotten enough of a look at him while they were imprisoned to be sure.

her own hacking gets worse, as if punishing her for her unsympathetic response. she plucks a bloodied rose petal from between her lips and frowns at it. ]

[somatosensory]

I'll take my chances with the painful, lingering death.

[telepathy]

i hope it hurts

[somatosensory]

You know it does.

[telepathy]

i also know you can stop it

🔒

[somatosensory]

Do you think I haven't tried?

🔒

[telepathy]

too weak?

[somatosensory]

Have you ever tried to pull a virus out of your lung tissue?

[telepathy]

no
have you tried a knife

[somatosensory]

Yes.
Turns out scratching internally doesn't offer much relief.

[telepathy]

[ the bottom drops out of her stomach ]

that was a stupid thing to do

[somatosensory]

But illuminating.

[telepathy]

if you want to kill yourself you could at least let me do it

[somatosensory]

Who said I wanted to kill myself?

[telepathy]

can you use your power if you cant breathe
or if you pass out from pain
if you werent trying to kill yourself then your dumber than i thought

[somatosensory]

Where was all this concern when I was carrying you around the desert with a shattered collarbone?
Or that time you dropped a mine on my head?

If I'm going to kill myself, rest assured it won't be with a knife.

[telepathy]

im not concerned

[somatosensory]

Still a bad liar.
You should maybe work on that.

[telepathy]

i didnt feel it

[somatosensory]

Sharing that with you would have just made both of us miserable.

[telepathy]

you can stop it?

[somatosensory]

Sometimes.

[telepathy]

of course you can

[ asshole ]

[somatosensory]

I have to work at it.
Focus.

( unspoken is the fact that it's harder now. less reliable. )

Just be glad you're not dealing with this in stereo.

[telepathy]

its not that bad
the festival was worse

[ and she did have to deal with that in stereo, whether he realized that was what drove her to him or not. the way she and nagano had amplified each other ... ]