voice.

[theguideless]

[feed starts at the tail end of a harsh exhale.

a beat.]

Where're...Chloe and...Er-eri...[huff. another pause. his voice gets grumblier, agitated:] My friends. Here. Why am I even back.

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[sunlitcrown]

None of that was real. It was just a memory.

[theguideless]

[talking over her second statement, angry:] It wasn't. You weren't there and you don't know.

[sunlitcrown]

You're talking about that dumb VR thing, right? I know. I went back to the palace and it was fake. We weren't even supposed to be there.

[theguideless]

No. It's different.

[sunlitcrown]

How is it different, huh?

[theguideless]

Because it was. [a halt, hissing a breath.

quieter.] I know...I know what it was. I know.

[sunlitcrown]

I went back home and all of my knights tried to kill me. That's how I know it was fake. And it was fake for you, too. You aren't special. You're just a dumb kid.

[theguideless]

[talking over her:] You weren't there!

[sunlitcrown]

Yeah, and I'm glad that I wasn't, if you're always this stubborn!

[theguideless]

[huffy:] It's not your concern! Stop it!

[sunlitcrown]

[huff puff huff puff!!] Well, someone needs to talk some sense into you.

[theguideless]

You don't know anything about it!

[sunlitcrown]

I don't need to! The same thing happened to everyone else. It wasn't real.

[theguideless]

Yes it was!

[sunlitcrown]

Repeating that to yourself isn't gonna make it true. [She pauses, takes a deep, shuddering breath.] It won't work. I've tried.

[theguideless]

Stop.