[There's... a bit of a delay, again, between someone speaking and Edward really hearing it. So it takes a few moments before Edward actually looks up.]
[coming around into the living room now, leaning pretty hard on his cane] Thank you. [he's going to just...sit down very gingerly on the sofa. His hip is still pretty badly bruised because o w still, and he rubs at it, setting his cane aside]
[...really, when he puts it like that, it's not too difficult to put two and two together. And Oswald's reaching out just...gently lay a hand on Edward's--light, cautious]
[the pressure of his hand increases--and Oswald's fingers curl around Edward's palm, holding on] ...I can understand why that's frightening to imagine. [he squeezes his hand, gently] Fortunately, that didn't happen.
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Oh...
Welcome back.
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....are they normally like that?
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...Sometimes.
[He takes a seat.]
It depends on how... together someone is, after dying. Sometimes what's left behind is very angry.
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I think... it's usually worse for very traumatic deaths.
[And this? Pretty freaking traumatic.]
Slow ones, especially. That's a lot of time for negative emotions to get worse.
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....and how often do you get hurt when you're doing these sorts of things?
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...It's mostly... a lot of dramatics.
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[Not often, he says, like that makes it better.]
That was... kind of extreme.
...Are you sure you're okay after that?
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[his lips still thin into a line as presses them together, though] ....are you alright?
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[He's about to go ahead with the usual reassurance that of course he's fine. And... mostly, he is, except...
Except when his thoughts start to wander.
...And he does have pretty clear instructions about. Talking to Oswald.]
...not sure.
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but then he just....doesn't. And Oswald blinks, once, before scooting just a little closer]
Oh? How so?
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[It's one thing to admit that. It's another thing having to actually elaborate. And he's not entirely sure how to, so he hesitates.]
I don't know. Just... The way he died, you know...
[He trails off, not sure how to properly finish his thought. But, well. That's literally Edward's exact nightmare scenario, huh?]
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...it hit too close to home.
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I mean, if things had gone just a little differently...
[After all, Edward's pretty sure that people wouldn't have looked very hard for him, either.]
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[That awful smell, too.]
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...would you like to watch a movie or something? It might help get your mind off of it?
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[That's not to say "no", he just... feels like he should say that right away. His focus right now isn't great and he knows it.]
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[Mostly he just needs to... not think for a bit.]
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[Yeah, Edward will get on that, then. Sure. He's. Still a little on autopilot, maybe.]
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