Fractured

Myriad Reality

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I know it can be hard to watch these things happen. And I would never expect things to be righted immediately. But... Just don’t give up, TL. Everyone else has, but... She doesn’t deserve it.

@Audacious

I've... been searching for that book for a while now. It sometimes feels like I'll never find it.

Myriad Reality

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I don’t... I don’t blame you. For how you feel, I mean.

@Audacious

...
*Skims the book spines with my finger*
...It's so strange how the things you're looking for can slip through your fingers.

Myriad Reality

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*Smiles somberly, looks down briefly and nods*
Right... Of course.
*Starts looking through the shelves with you*
What’d you say it was called again?

@Audacious

...
*Lowers my arm*
Claire, please believe me. I tried.

Myriad Reality

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*After a moment, I walk into the library after you*
Time Line... I’m really sorry. It was out of line for me to ask that, I just wasn’t thinking.

@Audacious

There's nothing to apologize for. I needed to find my book, as I did before.

Myriad Reality

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*Opens my mouth as you walk away, but says nothing and frowns*

@Audacious

*Scans the shelves*

Myriad Reality

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*Looks puzzled*
Two?

@Audacious

...
*Opens a pocket watch*
...I think It's time I checked the library for that book. Excuse me.
*Leaves the room*

Myriad Reality

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I like that mentality.

@Audacious

Thank you. Fortunately, one of the only two people I care for to that extent is more than capable of protecting herself without me.

Myriad Reality

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I see. So if you were presented with the same decision now, instead of then, you wouldn’t do the same thing?

@Audacious

I don't know what I would do. I prefer to ensure that I never have to make that decision.

Myriad Reality

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Interesting. Do you grant close friends or family the same benefit? Again, just out of curiosity. I wouldn’t change a thing about my past, good or bad, so it’s just conjecture.

@Audacious

Like I said, this happened long ago. I didn't have the same principles I do now.

Myriad Reality

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Hmm. “Not particularly” isn’t a definitive “no”. I’m just curious. Trying to get an idea of where the line is for you, so feel free to cut me off if I step over my bounds, here.

@Audacious

Decisions and mistakes I've made in the past aren't off-limits for me, but mistakes I might make in the future may be. I don't know how it impacted the timeline because I didn't know how to monitor that at the time.