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Oughta start by lookin' at it differently.

Ya don't get over that kinda thing - ya work through it.

What's the difference?

Do ya want it to stop botherin' ya or do you wanna understand why it's botherin' ya?

Do I have to just pick one?

Heh. If ya try to understand it, won't that get ya both?

When I was your age, I hated when someone would tell me to get over shit. 'Specially 'cuz it was always somethin' ya just don't forget 'bout, ya know?

So why would I tell myself to do that?

[ smiles a little, lopsided ]

That's a really good point. I guess I don't...want to forget. I mean, I'd sort of love to forget, but not with everyone else still having to remember everything. But it'd be cool to feel more like I'm actually handling what happened instead of just, like, being all miserable. And making everyone around me miserable about it.

[an understanding noise]

Bet ya ain't makin' no one miserable, but I also get that sayin' it won't change how ya might feel.

But workin' through it an' understandin' it doesn't just help you, but it'll help ya with others, too.

...yeah. Think having you around is gonna help with, like, the understanding part. And also because I'm definitely gonna get freaked out by the rewatch.

[a brief face]

Might be a lil' easier on ya 'cuz ya know to expect it, too.

Yeah, no "wow, can't wait to see my Family again" — whoops!

[he makes the face again]

Well, ya got the right attitude goin' into it.

[ half-smile ]

Where's a good place to do this?

Prob'ly my room. No one'll bother us, but ya still don't wanna do all that out here. C'mon.

[down to Ore's room they go]

[ down they go!! and going to find an appropriate place to sit down and pull up the sleeve of his shirt

there's a crimson red snake bite scar at his elbow, and also a slashed scar across his arm that's probably nothing ]

[he'll sit down next to him, though he frowns down at the scars on his arm]

What happened there? [he gestures to the slash, since he's assuming the snake is the scar he was talking about]

[ TOO MUCH TO HOPE ORE WOULDN'T INSTANTLY CLOCK THAT ]

Would you believe me if I said the carnival? That booth of the Dame's made you, uh, stab people.