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Noise

It starts as just irritation. A metaphorical crawling under your skin. Things are too noisy, too bright, there is too much happening all the time and you can't take it all in-

Then silence it, make it yours, make it you, take control and destroy what will not submit

It sounds so inviting, a freedom from the noise, but its wrong, its wrong, its wrong and the noise is getting louder, mechanical and foreboding as it sees you, it knows you are there, and it wants to make you apart of it.

Anatawa hitorijanai

For a moment, there is quiet.

You breathe.

And fall through water.

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[ Hunter, meanwhile, turns back to Sacrifice. ]

Donnie? You okay?

[The room shifts]

[It gets smaller. It's still got the console, it's still have Kraang ship, but the room is a lot more]

[Manageable in size. Smaller than the other rooms.]

[Sacrifice sits down hard. Still hurt, but]

Crow, please heal Hunter.

[ Crow nods, then holds his fist to his chest for a moment. When he extends his hand out to Hunter, he'll feel bubbles as a cool, watery sensation flows through him. He'll remain dry, but it's a reasonably strong heal. ]

It wouldn't hurt to get looked over still, but that should handle the worst of anything.

[ Ah … that is much better. his coughing subsides. ]

Thank you. That’s much better.

You got it.

[ Sacrifice is next up on the healing Price is Right. Watery, bubbly heals for you!]

[Just posting up to guard and Taking Note that Crow has an extremely useful skill, there. Look out buddy, you’re being COMPETENT.]

I don't- [except then there is already healing and]

[Sacrifice sighs and just going to slump against the console.]

[He is....very tired.]

A memory of your place in the family.

What?

[ This looks like it has nothing to do with Crow, so he will poitely look away and stay quiet while they have their Moment. ]

[WATCHING RESPECTFULLY]

Family does change things.

That's the crafting material needed to reach the Core.

…

Should it be a good memory or a bad memory?

[ because wow does he have some bad Belos memories, ]

Depends if you want to use Belos or us.

[ Crow's listening, but none of this involves him so he's gone to check out that console. Not touching! Just looking. ]

Its an invitation for all of you. [That is pointed to Crow and Aloy as well.]

Don't touch it. You won't like what you see. [To Crow specifically.]

Wasn't planning on it.

[ Crow knows better! He was just Looking. But he glances over at Donatello. ]

Anything I've got for family's gonna be pretty old. I figure I'll just let you guys handle that.

Pathways can't be shared.

Especially for the Core. That...that isn't how it works.

Just like I can't 'get better' like I know Hunter wants.

[He sighs, leaning against the console.] I can just...listen to the stronger parts now that I'm free.

…

[ Hunter bows his head, guilty. ]

Sorry. I - I get it. Sometimes you just ... learn to live instead. Yeah.

[ Deep breath. ]

When I use a memory for crafting, is it gone afterwards?

You don't have to apologize. You care. I just don't want you to waste your time trying to 'fix' what isn't fixable. I fulfill a function. You can't really get around that unless you find a way to fundamentally change that function which....

Well, maybe possible, but I don't know what that way is.

And no.

I wouldn't demand people to delete parts of themselves for me. Its just a copy.

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… No. I don’t want to change who you are, or who Donnie is. I just … want to make sure you know you’re cared about. That’s most important, in the end.

[ He nods. Anyway. ]

Then I’ll use a memory of my REAL family. The Nocedas. The Hamatos. And Mouse.