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Friday, May 4

Verizon

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[armoured]

[Alive, that's something. That's... definitely something.]

Last night. What happened?

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I don't know. A nightmare. Something horrible

were you




which one were you

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I killed two people.

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I'm so sorry Al

But I'm glad you're still alive

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[He can't even respond to that, he's not sure he's glad.]

Which... which were you?

cw: suicide

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[ It takes her a very long time to type all these words out. ]

I wanted to kill House.

I hurt... someone else.

I let him kill me.

cw: suicide

[armoured]

[It's so terrible, but there's a part of him that wishes he thought of that too.]

On purpose?

[He's horrified, but also a little impressed that she managed to hold onto her control that long.]

cw: suicide

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[ Insofar as she was capable of it? ]

Yes.

[ She imagines Al can see why this is freaking her out so much. He was more upset than anyone by her skateboarding death. ]

cw: suicide

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[He can't reply for a long... long time, frozen in his hatred for this town and the impotent rage against what's been done to all of them. He's so tired, so utterly destroyed. He's trying so hard not to fall apart, to find his determination, but it's nearly impossible.]

I'm sorry, Steph.

cw: suicide

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Me too.

[ She's not sure how it's possible for a person to feel so guilty and helpless at the same time. ]

cw: suicide

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[He doesn't even know what to say here, all possible comfort rings hollow in his head and never makes it onto the tablet. It takes a while, and the response is underwhelming.]

Are you with Zach?

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Yeah. He's pretty freaked out. His eyes are still messed up.

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At least you have each other.

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Yeah. I don't know what I'd do if I was on my own.

I'm scared of myself sometimes

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I think everyone is sometimes.

Stay with Zach, we all need each other right now.

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I will. What about you?

[armoured]

Am with Ed. We're going to try and do something useful down here then head north like we discussed.

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Alright. Be safe, Al. This... all of this was terrible, but we always knew it was a possibility.

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[Not this... never this. But he doesn't want to argue with her, so he just hangs up.]