[Voice]

[deservinghell]

[For Henry, the past month has been rougher than any other in recent memory. Confessing to the only person in this wretched place he is comfortable calling a friend that she'd been keeping intimate company with a vampire was more emotionally trying than he expected. But that paled in comparison to a week spent living--finding himself with a pulse for the first time in four and a quarter centuries--and then having it taken away again.]

Surely I'm not the only one who'd rather our personal timelines never sorted themselves out.

Comments

[motherofnemesis]

Ignorance is bliss and all that. When you're young, there's a lot you don't know yet.

You jumped back too?

[deservinghell]

I don't think truer words have ever been spoken.

Yes, I jumped back. I jumped a long way, far enough to avoid a handful of catastrophic mistakes.

[motherofnemesis]

[ hahaha... yeah ]

Do you remember much of it? Being young again, for a little bit?

[deservinghell]

I do. Which I'm coming to understand isn't a universal thing. And you? Do you remember?

[motherofnemesis]

Quite a lot of people don't remember, yeah. I do. A little foggy, but I remember.

It feels weird, doesn't it?

[deservinghell]

Very. It's disorienting, having memories of being young that are so fresh they might as well have happened yesterday. Perhaps we would have been better off not remembering.

[motherofnemesis]

I think we would have been better off with it not happening at all. Or just staying that way, like you suggested first.

Not it happening and us having to remember.

[deservinghell]

Much as I enjoyed it while it lasted, I have to agree with you. [There's unmistakable bitterness in his voice.]

[motherofnemesis]

I guess it's too late for wishing anything about it, though. Doesn't matter what we want, just what has to be lived with and all that.

[deservinghell]

Wise words.

What's your name?

[motherofnemesis]

Experience. It's important.

I'm Max. And you're?

[deservinghell]

[Unfortunately, Henry has more of that than he'd like to admit.]

You can call me Henry. I appreciate your indulging me with the chat.

[motherofnemesis]

Good to meet you, Henry.

[ a not really amused laugh ] Yeah, same. Appreciated.