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*Continues staring*

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*Shoves into your stomach*
I said BREATHE!

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I’m ready. Just scared, I guess.

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Well now you've got me scared.
*Shakes my head*
It doesn't matter. We'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

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Long-term, I want things to go back to normal. Me, Artemis, and Avis. Now with no eternal threat looming over her head.

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I don’t mind if no one else does. We’re the intruders anyway.

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I-
*Hesitates and changes course*
You are right about that.

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Right. Yeah, we will. No matter what.

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That... that sounds nice. I think you definitely earned that after all this.

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Yeah... though i wish despereately it was different.

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I—someday, I need to find a way to know whether we did the right thing. For sure. One way or the other.

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A vacation too. That sounds nice.

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There are many reasons I stay as far from it as I can.

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I’m sure someone has a way. We just… It’s better to be happy about the fact his filthy hands can’t harm another hundred worlds, or more. For now.

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For now? Do you know something I should be aware of right now?

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*Exhales and inhales sharply again, before my breathing pattern gradually normalizes*

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*Shoves into your stomach*
I said BREATHE!

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*Still turned around with my eyes closed*

She might still be coming into awareness, so words might not be getting through yet.

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I’m just saying to not be worried about that for now. We won. We shouldn’t beat ourselves up about it so fast.

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What are our emergency measures, if it comes down to it?
*Manually stimulates breathing*

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The usual things, mostly. If it gets really bad, I'll step in and do a full control to make the body work while the soul gets used to things. But that's both likely and hopefully unnecessary.

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*Inhales a bulky breath and screams at the top of my lungs*

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Understandable. If you can process my words, relax. You're not in danger anymore, you're not being hurt anymore. The bad guy has been defeated, and your friends are safe and sound.

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*My eyes dart across the room, focusing on random people and objects as I struggle to form words*
Ah—I—

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Oh good, syllables. That's an improvement, good. Like I said, relax as much as you can. Your friends are safe, you're safe, you won. From what I hear, you were a hero, too.