*That's making them react...*
*That's making them react...*
One name they've forgotten. Someone that was once here, now isn't.)
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One name they've forgotten. Someone that was once here, now isn't.)
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I took his offer..
I took his offer..
I-I've gone and scared you again.. just like all those years ago..
I-I've gone and scared you again.. just like all those years ago..
.. It's me.
Hershel let me take a turn, like we used to.
.. It's me.
Hershel let me take a turn, like we used to.
(When he looked up, he saw Simon again. Probably wondering about Hershel..)
(When he looked up, he saw Simon again. Probably wondering about Hershel..)
(Desmond exhales as he takes control of Hershel's body, as if he was holding his breath. Their fingers move slowly. It was an odd feeling, knowing you're in your own body... yet not.)
*I can feel again..*
(Desmond exhales as he takes control of Hershel's body, as if he was holding his breath. Their fingers move slowly. It was an odd feeling, knowing you're in your own body... yet not.)
*I can feel again..*
*...*
*Was that... Simon..?*
*...*
*Was that... Simon..?*
*Are we.. even real... to begin with..?*
*Are we.. even real... to begin with..?*
*I.. can... hear you..*
*I.. can... hear you..*
There was nothing waiting for them. No one to greet with open arms.
Simply the vast void of nonexistence. Right..?)
There was nothing waiting for them. No one to greet with open arms.
Simply the vast void of nonexistence. Right..?)
(The hand that Hershel holds unfolds as well. Their body slowly sinks down against his skin, as if it's assimilating into one. Desmond is simply vanishing, as if he never was.)
I don't.. kn.
(The hand that Hershel holds unfolds as well. Their body slowly sinks down against his skin, as if it's assimilating into one. Desmond is simply vanishing, as if he never was.)
I don't.. kn.
Who... what.. am I..?
(He falls to his knees as the transforming goes up to his shoulder.)
Who... what.. am I..?
(He falls to his knees as the transforming goes up to his shoulder.)
Wh-where is it pulling...?
(An image is put to his mind. Of the being and his rotting body. It's as if it never let go of him. Eons upon eons as one. Pieces of Desmond's mind crackle under the pressure; quite literally. The floor is soon littered with glass fragments that resembles his head.)
Wh-where is it pulling...?
(An image is put to his mind. Of the being and his rotting body. It's as if it never let go of him. Eons upon eons as one. Pieces of Desmond's mind crackle under the pressure; quite literally. The floor is soon littered with glass fragments that resembles his head.)
His arm is wildly thrown back into the air, stripping away in strings...
Faces seem to grow on his limbs. The child, the cat... and his own face.)
W-what in the world..?
His arm is wildly thrown back into the air, stripping away in strings...
Faces seem to grow on his limbs. The child, the cat... and his own face.)
W-what in the world..?
You'll have to remind me... what exactly is it that I've done to warrant your gratitude...
You'll have to remind me... what exactly is it that I've done to warrant your gratitude...