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     what?

 

           What's going o        n

  this isn't right.

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For a while, absolutely nothing outside his own thoughts exists.

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...

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no 

      no

  no

               no

 

    LET HIM OUT

 

he doesn't want to be trapped in here with himself

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Here's something. It's like being under anesthetic and sleep paralysis and having everything amputated all at once but it is — something again.


Over minutes, it grows into more feelings of having a body but still one that is unmoving and unseeing.

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That's...better. Not great, but better.

 

He steals sensation back when he can take it. Trying to move...doesn't work. It's like dreaming about getting out of bed – the feeling's almost there, but not grounded in reality.

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Eventually: pain all over, in a now-familiar pattern for the third time, and

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

And sight of the movable walls closed again, and body straining against its restraints.

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Alive! Alive and pain! What a glorious fucking thing to be–

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except

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what the fuck??

That is not him moving and that is sure as hell not his internal monologue.

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAwhat?AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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It's disturbingly easy to disconnect from the pain enough to form coherent words. He's not sure if he likes this.

i didn't hear random screaming voices last time i was conscious!

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[Further screaming elided for readability. —Ed.]

… Same to you. …

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who are you??

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… hi, voice in my head. I'm Jonathan. …

(The pain is receding somewhat, as the finger regrows.)

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...aren’t you the voice in my head...?

He tries to move a finger.

 

He tries again.

 

Absolutely nothing happens.

 

...shit.

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… since you seem to be more put together …

… whether or not you exist …

… any advice on the situation? …

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uh...

i don’t know what’s going on either.

it seems like they’re doing the same thing with...you...they did with me. and...seems like you’re healing up. like me.

 

i didn’t know anybody else had it.

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oh is that what

Finger wiggle eyes down barely get a look at it.

new to me too

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wait...

 

are you guy who climbs down out of trees?

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yeah

how'm I doing at the surreal thing har har

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i think we’re both doing pretty fucking well at surreal right now.

 

...i’m z.

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Jonathan. (Strand, go on his thoughts in a less intentionally-pronounced way.)

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yeah, you said while you were...screaming.

 

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