[He opens his mouth, but whatever he was initially going to say is ruined slightly by a brief--thoughtshare, memshare, whatever--of the faces of his family, looking at him with fear and hatred. Annoying!!!]
I'll be fine. [The wounds are still a little fresh, but it's not like they don't all know these trips are illusions.] I'm not exactly eager to go another one of those adventures, though.
[He's very hard to mentally traumatize, but the few things that do get to him are pretty effective.]
[ nooooooooo WELL THIS IS ALSO HER NIGHTMARE SO. she gets it a little, wincing. ]
Yeah. I get it. They really get under your skin. [ the physical injuries are nothing, for her. she can manage broken bones and stab wounds, but watching her loved ones die in front of her is always going to be so, so much worse. ]
If we have our way, we're not going to have to do any of this again. Hopefully.
[Truly same hat... he'd take all the physical pain in the world over the punishment he actually wound up with. But he assumes that's why it happened.]
Hopefully, though I'll admit I have my doubts after all this. [But eh. Much like early on, he's pretty chill about it.] But if nothing else, this is a sign that no matter what else happens to us, there's probably something more powerful out there.
[Which is good news to him, both because he's a freak who is constantly seeking challenges, and because it's a sign that he isn't wrong to maintain his belief that he'll bust out of hell eventually.]
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You okay, by the way? After your trip with Jonas and Boothill. [ physically and emotionally... ]
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I'll be fine. [The wounds are still a little fresh, but it's not like they don't all know these trips are illusions.] I'm not exactly eager to go another one of those adventures, though.
[He's very hard to mentally traumatize, but the few things that do get to him are pretty effective.]
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Yeah. I get it. They really get under your skin. [ the physical injuries are nothing, for her. she can manage broken bones and stab wounds, but watching her loved ones die in front of her is always going to be so, so much worse. ]
If we have our way, we're not going to have to do any of this again. Hopefully.
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Hopefully, though I'll admit I have my doubts after all this. [But eh. Much like early on, he's pretty chill about it.] But if nothing else, this is a sign that no matter what else happens to us, there's probably something more powerful out there.
[Which is good news to him, both because he's a freak who is constantly seeking challenges, and because it's a sign that he isn't wrong to maintain his belief that he'll bust out of hell eventually.]