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[eyediot]

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[eyediot]

I- don't know that it would do anything. And I try not to do it at all if I can help it.

[curriculum_fictae]

Right. Right. Probably … best. Elias’s hurt so much.

[ He manages to lay a blurry hand on Jonah’s cheek. ]

[eyediot]

Right.

[He turns his face into that hand, taking a shaky breath.]

I don't want to risk hurting anyone if I can help it. Even if it means the risk of you or him disappearing from here.

[curriculum_fictae]

[ He nods a little at that, his fingers blurring into Jonah’s cheek. ]

I … I guess that’s good.

[ wistful: ]

Has this place been good to you, then?

[eyediot]

...It has been. It's been very good.

[curriculum_fictae]

Tell me something good about it, Jon.

[eyediot]

The Fears aren't here. N-not anymore, they. I sort of accidentally brought them with me, but. They're gone for the most part.

[curriculum_fictae]

Oh …

[ He solidifies a little. ]

A world without the Fears. That sounds wonderful.

[eyediot]

It is. And everyone here has been so kind. They're actually, genuinely kind.

[curriculum_fictae]

Are you sure you’re not dead? That this is some kind of afterlife…?

[eyediot]

...Honestly I'm not sure either. But I know he isn't dead.

[curriculum_fictae]

He …

[ Martin looks up, towards the bedroom. Shivering a bit. ]

[eyediot]

So I suppose for some people this could be an afterlife, but it's not really the same for everyone.

[curriculum_fictae]

Right. Some of us get all the luck.

[ So bitter. ]

[eyediot]

And some of us have to be murdered for things to be fixed.

[Look he loves Martin, he hates what happened to him, but Jonah just. Knows what he's gone through himself now too.]

[curriculum_fictae]

[ he stares back at Jonah with those blurry brown eyes. ]

What do you mean, murdered?

[eyediot]

...So far, all but one version of me has had to be killed to stop the Powers.

[curriculum_fictae]

One version? Who…?

[eyediot]

A version that was here for a bit. He's - god, he got the luck of the draw. In his version, Gertrude destroyed the Institute and the fears. They're all just... Happy working on a museum and running a podcast now.

[curriculum_fictae]

Oh.

[ He sounds SO bitter. ]

How does he rate getting something like that, eh?

[eyediot]

No idea.

They have a nice easy life, married his Martin. Things are going well.

[curriculum_fictae]

And what, all of the rest of us get to suffer?

[ He makes a slightly choked noise. ]

[eyediot]

[He sighs heavily. It's weighed on him just as much as it's hitting Martin now.]

That does seem to be the case.

[curriculum_fictae]

Well I hate him on principle, then.

[eyediot]

[Jonah gives a little quiet huff of a laugh.]

He's. He and I argued a bit at the start. And I hurt him very badly. So maybe save some of that hatred.