#mans probably can't even step in a puddle without eating it dabfafbafba

[paradoxrealm]

A Return Worth Waiting For...~

...Yet you do distinctly remember there being a black cat at one point in time. I'm not trying to drive you mad, Moon. That's the thing, you should've passed whatever grace period there is so now you should be able to regain the lost memories to fill in the gaps. Mikearu doesn't know this, but I went through a similar situation with my memories after the second Reality Check. I knew that we were married, but I couldn't remember anything about the wedding day itself at all. I couldn't even find my and Mikearu's wedding photos for a while because they were from when we were still Spirits... So the Reality Check took them before I saw them too soon...

...I think... that's why the doll, the painting, and the scarf are all gone... ...They're memory triggers... ...major ones... ...But I was eventually able to get the wedding photos back. I earned them back. So maybe we can do the same with your mementos.

She chose to ignore the unfriendly smile and the glare that bore right through her, instead turning back towards the Beldam as she stopped in her pacing.

...You know you have fonder memories of me, Moon. Memories where you didn't see me as prey at all. But those memories are either gone, or hazy like last night's dream. But I think you're already beginning to fill in the pieces. Such as my comments earlier, where I mentioned I was a wife and mother? You remember me mentioning it before, don't you?

A defeated sigh escaped her, the grown dimension-hopper finally seeming to deflate slightly as the topic dragged on.

She was having a harder time drilling this into Moon's thick skull than she thought she would...

Moon, the whole reason I'm telling you this is because if you don't fill in the blanks then there will be entire chunks of your life that you won't remember because the change was so drastic. I don't want you to forget about me... Because when I leave, I still want to come back and visit you again. But I can't do that if I've lost my friend... Please, you have to let me help you get those memories back... You have to remember, Button Dad...

...Now she was beginning to look like that young girl again, the Beldam watching as the glow in her starlight buttons dimmed and the color dulled slightly. And he could feel the deja vu just looking at the pain in her face... ...She may have grown, but in her heart she still feels like that wayward little girl, still struggling with the loss of the friends and family she makes as she wanders the universe...

...Walking back over to the garden wall she carefully scooped up her teacup, leaning back against the wall as she now stood beside Moon, taking a sip of her cleansed tea. Thankfully it was still warm.

...Moon, you know that I wouldn't tell you something like this without fully knowing what I'm doing. ...I want to help you through this. ...But I can't do that if you don't let me... ...I trusted you enough to put my damn soul back together, now I need you to trust me to put your mind back together, Moonjumper.

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He was quiet for a long time, the only real sign he was listening was the occasional twitch at the mention of things that should be familiar.

He wasn’t looking at her as she moved to stand by him, more looking at the ice- but there was still the distinct feeling of eyes on her.

He contemplated how well he might be able to walk on the ice with more needle-like limbs. Maybe he could simply stab his legs into it to ground himself.

“…… Hypothetically speaking, let’s say I care about what you’re saying.” His tone was even, betraying nothing as he spoke. “What would you suggest we do about it?” He turned slightly to stare at her, gaze shifting slightly between her and her cup.

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