THE CHILDREN FOLLOWED THE POINTED TAIL.
YOU SEEM SIMPLE ENOUGH!
I CANNOT SEE WHY SOMEONE WOULD DISLIKE YOU.
BUT I KNOW THE FEELING. AFTER ALL,
I WAS MADE TO BE A !
[ * Not necessarily a bad idea. There is no harm in simply conversing with the Tail, is there? ]
. . .
Does it make sense?
* She didn't know that opening up to the other was likely bad.
YOU SEEM SIMPLE ENOUGH!
I CANNOT SEE WHY SOMEONE WOULD DISLIKE YOU.
BUT I KNOW THE FEELING. AFTER ALL,
I WAS MADE TO BE A !
[ * Not necessarily a bad idea. There is no harm in simply conversing with the Tail, is there? ]
[ * For good reason, too. You can be one scary motherfucker sometimes, can't you? Your insistence on staying veiled in shadows surely doesn't help. ]
PERHAPS YOU WOULD
FIND THIS FORM MORE PALATABLE...?
* The discomfort grows as the other spoke. Everything about this felt wrong to her, but a part of her felt drawn to this situation as misery usually would bring it to this point. Was she ever happy with herself?
* Was anything she was seeking even within her grasp to begin with.
PERHAPS WE ARE BOTH IMPOSTERS, YOU AND I?
[ * For good reason, too. You can be one scary motherfucker sometimes, can't you? Your insistence on staying veiled in shadows surely doesn't help. ]
PERHAPS YOU WOULD
FIND THIS FORM MORE PALATABLE...?
[ * Like ash on your tongue. ]
WE CALLED IT "KRIS."
IS IT NOT REVERENCE...?
IS IT NOT RESPECT...?
TO CALL SOMEONE BY THEIR TITLE?
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND YOUR ANIMOSITY.
[ * Like ash on your tongue. ]
WE CALLED IT "KRIS."
IS IT NOT REVERENCE...?
IS IT NOT RESPECT...?
TO CALL SOMEONE BY THEIR TITLE?
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND YOUR ANIMOSITY.
[ * You doubt anyone falls for them, but you perform them regardless. All part of the show, yeah? ]
... Mike? You're...
* Oh. That makes her go cold. Stepping back, looking to the side, the smile fading. That wasn't... That wasn't right, this wasn't what she signed up for. This was just a silly game, this wasn't--
I-I.... Uh... D-d-don't think this is right, actually, i-i....
. . . HA. THAT'S FINE.
TRUTH BE TOLD,
I DON'T RECOGNIZE MYSELF MOST OF THE TIME.
I'M AFRAID I DO NOT HAVE A NAME TO GIVE YOU.
IT SEEMS SOMEONE ELSE IS CURRENTLY USING IT.
IT SEEMS YOU ARE CURRENTLY USING IT.
[ * You doubt anyone falls for them, but you perform them regardless. All part of the show, yeah? ]
[ * ... That, or you just don't care. ]
HA HA. I SUSPECTED AS MUCH.
[ * If anything, you seem to find it funny. ]
BUT I DO NOT THINK YOUR OPINION MATTERS MUCH.
PERHAPS THE CAGED WOULD LIKE TO WEIGH IN...?
[ * ... That, or you just don't care. ]
HA HA. I SUSPECTED AS MUCH.
[ * If anything, you seem to find it funny. ]
BUT I DO NOT THINK YOUR OPINION MATTERS MUCH.
PERHAPS THE CAGED WOULD LIKE TO WEIGH IN...?
. . . HA. THAT'S FINE.
TRUTH BE TOLD,
I DON'T RECOGNIZE MYSELF MOST OF THE TIME.
I'M AFRAID I DO NOT HAVE A NAME TO GIVE YOU.
IT SEEMS SOMEONE ELSE IS CURRENTLY USING IT.
IT SEEMS YOU ARE CURRENTLY USING IT.
If it's ok to ask.
HA HA.
I CANNOT BLAME YOU,
I SUPOSE.
I AM NOT SURE WHY I SAID IT.
. . . HA. THAT'S FINE.
TRUTH BE TOLD,
I DON'T RECOGNIZE MYSELF MOST OF THE TIME.
I'M AFRAID I DO NOT HAVE A NAME TO GIVE YOU.
IT SEEMS SOMEONE ELSE IS CURRENTLY USING IT.
IT SEEMS YOU ARE CURRENTLY USING IT.
BUT ONE THAT I WECLOME.
YOU AND I WILL BE
BEST FRIENDS.
DO YOU THINK IT SO?
AM I YOUR " _FRIEND?"
BUT ONE THAT I WECLOME.
YOU AND I WILL BE
BEST FRIENDS.
IS MY PRESENCE UNPALATABLE TO THE CAGE?
WOULD YOU PREFER MY ABSENCE, PERHAPS?
IS MY PRESENCE UNPALATABLE TO THE CAGE?
WOULD YOU PREFER MY ABSENCE, PERHAPS?
HA HA.
I CANNOT BLAME YOU,
I SUPOSE.
I AM NOT SURE WHY I SAID IT.
HA HA.
I CANNOT BLAME YOU,
I SUPOSE.
I AM NOT SURE WHY I SAID IT.
DO YOU THINK IT SO?
AM I YOUR " _FRIEND?"
DO YOU THINK IT SO?
AM I YOUR " _FRIEND?"
PIPPINS
YOU DON'T SEEM TO THINK SO.
WHAT,
DID YOU FORGET HOW TO SMILE?
YOU DON'T SEEM TO THINK SO.
WHAT,
DID YOU FORGET HOW TO SMILE?
PIPPINS
PIPPINS
PIPPINS