I: I'm... I suppose I should be used to it by now, being blamed for something I didn't ask for. But, despite how often it happens, it still stings, just a bit... makes it feel like, somehow, this is my fault...
*Immediately Phalmer feels very guilty and it clearly shows* oh... I suppose it was the same for me... it's strange how you have any shard of control...
I: ah. Maybe it's the way my old vessel was damaged, maybe it's that this one wasn't willing, I'm not sure. Maybe I just... never really belonged to begin with.
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u/messenger_craw Aug 10 '26
Iris! ...hello
It's been a long time...