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— TAKESHI . KOVACS ([personal profile] kovach) wrote in [community profile] ximilia 2021-12-10 04:36 am (UTC)

[ honestly, if she'd wanted to toss that one back too, he wouldn't necessarily judge her on it either, even if he'd probably suggest her to tone it down after that, just on account of knowing the likely terrible hangover she'd be sporting later. he still remembers his first day, showing up with a slew of injuries, near-death, still woozy from getting his ass very thoroughly kicked right before seeing a vision of his sister potentially still alive.

of course, he'd understood later it was all just in his head, just like all of his routine hallucinations, the past still swirling to haunt him even now, months after the side effects should have gone away.

he gives a shrug when she seems uncertain about her own discomfort on the situation compared to everyone else's. ]


Everyone feels different about it. We all got different stories, different experience — for some people, it's a cake walk through just another day; for others, it's gonna be a hell of a lot.

[ he can tell which camp she's in. ]

You'll be disoriented about it for a while, but the deal you made becomes clearer. And when it does, you can still decide if this is something you really want to do. Some people do leave. [ he looks at the liquid in his glass, tilting it to let it swirl around. ] You don't actually have to do this. Not unless it's really worth it.

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