DAMIEN CATCHALL

[fleshedout]

GIVE ME A SHITPOST

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[highrisk]

You want to trade secrets?

[fleshedout]

[Without hesitation:]

Sure. That's a fair trade.

[highrisk]

Did you kill November?

[fleshedout]

[She's frowning at that.]

Be serious, Damien.

[highrisk]

[ he shrugs! ]

[fleshedout]

[She huffs.]

Don't shrug at me. But here's your answer. No. I didn't kill November. Are you an idiot to ask me that?

[highrisk]

[ cruelty! ]

People who've refracted start acting weird, we know that.

[fleshedout]

Are you saying I'm acting weird?

[VIBES OF DO YOU WANT TO BE PUNCHED, NERD]

[highrisk]

You have been weird, since yesterday!

[ damien people are dying, let her be emotional about it, god. ]

[fleshedout]

What, am I not allowed to be sad, now?

[highrisk]

That's not what I'm saying.

[ it? practically is? ]

[fleshedout]

So what are you saying? Say it.

[highrisk]

Just that it's - not what I'd expect!

[fleshedout]

[She's blinking away tears, sorry, Damien.]

What? Do I have to be strong all the time? Do I have to...pretend I don't care? What do you want from me?

[highrisk]

What? No, just...

[ man he doesn't know. and now he feels guilty!

but, um, also satisfied. which isn't great. ]

[fleshedout]

[DAMIEN?????]

[She's making a frustrated noise and not saying anything else. She's crying! Thanks, bully.]

[highrisk]

[ sometimes you expect bad things from yourself so much that seeing them happen is a relief.

it doesn't really cancel out the bad feelings, though... ]

[fleshedout]

[Wiping at her eyes, finally, and speaking.]

Just let me be tired, Damien.

[highrisk]

... Sure. Enjoy hanging out with the tombstones.

[fleshedout]

[A huff.]

You can be tired, too.

[highrisk]

[ ............. he sits down beside her. ]

[fleshedout]

[That's right, binch. She sniffs.]

You never did tell me your secret as a trade.

[highrisk]

[ he was hoping she'd forget. it was part of him making a big fuss over nothing to distract her but. well. he made the mistake of sitting down instead of leaving. ]

... Marie was gonna come home with me.

If that was even possible.

[ but it doesn't really matter now! ]

[fleshedout]

....Marie deserved that.

[Her expression is solemn.]

It was nice of you to offer that to her.

[highrisk]

[ he's sad! predictably. ]

She was the one that asked.

[ and that matters so much, that matters more than anything, that's the entire world. ]