pyromance: dnt (pic#17029395)

[personal profile] pyromance 2024-04-12 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ he frowns. the pain in his skull subsides momentarily, before returning in full force. he blinks hard, for a few seconds. ]

...You lived there.

[ he's getting drawn away from their present conversation, though at the same time a bit more of his actual memories return. ]
pyromance: dnt (pic#17029328)

[personal profile] pyromance 2024-04-12 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
...Dahut.

[ another name that rings a bell. ]

...I should remember, then. Some of it, at least.

[ if it's important to them, then it feels important that he understands. ]
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[personal profile] pyromance 2024-04-12 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ he's quiet for a moment. ]

Would you rather I look away? I don't feel the need to.

[ though, it's easier said than done when he feels like his sanity is constantly fraying with each inexplicable episode. he pauses again, momentarily trapped in another recollection. ]

...These false memories will fade.

[ that's what scien said just now, anyway. ]
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[personal profile] pyromance 2024-04-12 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...hmm. ]

Why do you seek to help me?

[ he's curious because he can't clearly remember scien in his entirety, with everything else in the way.

but he remembers enough to ask, ]


...Did you have to experience this as well?

[ unnecessary suffering. ]
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[personal profile] pyromance 2024-04-13 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
[ FORGETS TO RESPOND TO SCIEN SAYING SOMETHING NICE??? MY BRAIN IS SO NOT HERE TODAY!!! but diluc doesn't verbally respond either, though his expression softens a bit. he can't fully appreciate those words right now as he is, but they do resonate in a way he can't quite grasp. ]

...I'll take your word for it.

[ though, his brow knits again as the first comment stirs another memory. one that should be recent, but feels like lifetimes ago in his current state. ]

...'The main components of a person are their personality and their memories, and how the two intertwine with one another'.

[ pretend i didn't just c/p that. ]

Do these false memories make me less myself, then?

[ sorry to drag you into philosophical discussion on a friday evening idk what i am doing with my life anymore dana 🥹 ]
Edited 2024-04-13 00:43 (UTC)