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[warriorscribe]

[Such a wondrous device. Are there little invisible couriers for these messages?]

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voice

[warriorscribe]

Enough time.

[He knows it means while the town can still support them. He knows this. But where his mind goes with it first is another matter.]

I'm frightened - what if this doesn't last? Being ourselves again?

voice

[standing_waters]

I don't know. I can't be sure we're not just waiting for it to come back.

*He's terrified of that prospect.*

The fact that we were able to fight it should be reassuring...

*But what if it comes back at full strength after resting? He doesn't know.*

...perhaps we can find a way to get others to restrain us.

voice

[warriorscribe]

I- I don't think...

It's not feasible. No.

[He's aware of this, because it doesn't stem from him. He's very acutely aware, in fact, that in using "we could harm someone else at a moment's notice" to tie them up indefinitely, he might as well be asking a very dear friend to do the same, every waking hour of his existence.

In that sense, it becomes close enough to becoming a matter of defending him, and defending those he loves gives him strength.]

They can be prepared to. But we can't treat ourselves like monsters. It won't help us.

voice

[standing_waters]

*He sighs.*

You're right. I just...I don't know. I don't know how much of this is logical and how much is just fear and guilt.

voice

[warriorscribe]

I know. I don't know what to do. It hurts...

[A tearful sniffle, fighting to keep from crying again and only partly succeeding. He hates being so vulnerable but it doesn't feel like he can do or be anything but.]

What will you do, Manny?

voice

[standing_waters]

*He takes a deep breath.*

I don't know yet.

voice

[warriorscribe]

Find someone willing to travel with you, perhaps?

[He says, unable to move from his fetal position on the floor of the very same building he woke up in.]

Or...keep talking. Keep yourself with company other than your own thoughts.

voice

[standing_waters]

Its probably best not to be alone...

*He's not sure if any one would want to travel with him, though. Nor does he know where any one else really is.*

...I'll see if I can find someone to travel with. As long as you promise to do so too.

voice

[warriorscribe]

I'll try.

[It's the same thing he said to Alfie. It won't be until the next day he'll start making potential plans.]

voice

[standing_waters]

I think trying is the most any of us can ask for right now.

Good luck.