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Who: Future is Now and any visitors (including maybe a new face ku ku ku)
Where: FIN DORMS
When: Day 115 late-afternoon, eveningish?

[HOW ARE WE DOING EVERYONE, have we had any emotional breakthroughs yet? Probably not? Okay!]

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[Dryly:]

Welcome back.

...thank you. I want to apologize for Song.

[Raises an eyebrow]

Apologize for what?

Everything she said to you was something she's never told me. Silence is troubled by it, and wants to express her dismay that you witnessed Song's frustration first-hand.

Edited 2019-05-13 04:30 (UTC)

Are you surprised she'd be looking out for you as much as you look out for her?

[doesn't say anything, idly rubbing at the collar tattoo on her neck]

. . .

Her memory still upsets her. And the fact that you would take the fall for it so easily.

[the guiltiest look settles on her face. she slowly stops touching the tattoo]

...did she mention that she didn't want to face anyone after that? To face anything at all?

Edited (sometimes you see a huge error much later and can't resist editing) 2019-05-13 05:18 (UTC)

She mentioned a lot of things. Some including how she doesn't want to take any more memories after seeing that one.

[dammit]

She cannot just avoid memories like that...

Why not?

I cannot condone avoiding one's self like that. There is no good in her trying to deny her past if she won't acknowledge it beyond a first glimpse.

Who you were before has no bearing on who you are now? You should let that be her choice. Not yours.

Who you were before has every bearing on you—that is why it is important to examine and evaluate the facets of your past self. To learn from mistakes. To learn who you were.

Song may have troubling roots, but I don't want her to ignore the positive memories she could be missing out on.

And if wants to remove all temptation of becoming that person in her memories, what then? Are you going to force her to continue just because you think her memories are important?

I will not make her do anything—she just needs to reconsider.

And if she still says no?

[shifts her gaze to the floor]

...then that will be that. She will avoid the truth and deny a past she knows little about instead of facing it head-on like a challenge.

[Eyes narrow]

Or she'll concentrate on the real challenge - creating her own future. Instead of wallowing over something that's dead and gone.

[sighs, casting a guilty glance at him]

...okay.

What? Going quiet on me now?

...

I'm losing faith in my own argument... even though I want to believe in the possibility that a person can grow from even the worst.

People can grow from anything. But what's to be found in chasing shadows unless you're looking for something specific.

Right. Searching for positive memories amidst what could be endless scenes of massacre...

[purses her lips]

Do you purchase memories?

I lost two bets.

[So yes]

And then I was looking for something.