— sovereignSlayer [SS] began partying with hedronCrab [HC] at 20:46 —
SS: JIce!
SS: Jace canknou reow me?
HC: Barely- there’s all this…
HC: static?
HC: But reception is perfect in a closed system so how could-
HC: Where ARE you?
SS: Nyou.ime
SS: YouYou may notgeknow me. Buthere!
HC: Where is here?
HC: Jane what is going on?
SS: PLEAS I was yTEN
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HC: Fire…prisoned? Fire prison-
HC: FireWALLS?
SS: For theg wovehen todheace!
SS: Spartan fell. I waLEAVE!
SS: Ls sVE LEAtill waAVE LtAVchinEAng wEhile he lay, dead yet still dreaming. I watched lives lose themselves to causes. I watched causes lost long before lives were ever laid down to save them. I watched my own life laid down beside myself, by new hands and old souls, over and over and over until the cycle melted under the frictional heat of its spinning.
—sovereignSlayer [SS] ceasedAnd when I woke from this vigil I SAW that I was not alone in my loss. Who among you can claim to have never watched the bullets tear through your father? To have never watched your mother’s life slip through your fingers? To have never watched the blood of the beloved find your unwilling hands all the same?at 20:47–
