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]

[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.