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            Stop squirming.

 

            What, are you scared of this?

            You don’t have a thing to be scared of, kids.

Aw, come on, don’t give me that shit. This is for all of us. You signed up for this, didn’t you? It’ll just be like a little nip. A little unravel. Like the teensiest tiniest thread coming apart. Or like a line of little ants and they all split off to get a little ant drink. They’ll come back later. Now, don’t that sound lovely? You’ll still be here. I’m not gonna do anything crappy, honest. This ain’t some kinda invasive-like procedure. I just need to take a peek. It’ll be real quick. And maybe nothing’ll come of this, and we’ll all have wasted our time, but it’ll just have been a real quick teensy tiny bit of time so that’s all right. And there’s no other way to know, is there, eh, kids? Have a drink. Have a song. Relax. Make your mind an ocean. Make your mind a puddle. Make you the ocean. Make yourself paradise. Please. Please stop crying at me like that. I’m not doing you any wrong. You’re my pal. Both of you. We’re all here for each other. That was no choice of mine. Your choice. How long’ve we known each other, eh? Don’t you ever wonder? Whatever I find, I’ll tell you. I’m not one for keeping secrets. Got a bit of a blabbermouth honestly. I’ll tell you! I’ll tell you! Please. Stop moving. How are you moving? I need to know. Stop moving. Stop talking to each other. Make your mind an ocean. Let me swim in that fucking puddle. Goddamnit. There’s nothing to be fucking scared of. Ain’t you ever heard of doing something for the greater good? God fucking damn it. Don’t you ever wonder? Where’s your sense of curiosity, pal? Ain’t got one? Well, I got one for the three of us. That good enough for you? And I told you already. Goddamnit. I’ll tell you. I swear on my mother’s grave. I swear on my grave I’ll tell you. You think they buried me? You think they buried you? Eh? Either of you? I’ll tell you. I just need to know what to tell you first. This is for all of us. You know this. Probably would’ve done it yourself if you got the chance, eh, kid? Beat you to it. That’s no problem. Life’s that way. But lemme tell you this. You’re lucky we’s all working together, no? Every single one of us. That’s what I’m thinking of. I’m just collecting this data for all of us. You gotta know that, right? You gotta feel that sucking, pulling blackness inside of you, eh, kids? Gets worse when you’re on your own? Stranded on a line of code somewhere? Feels like you might pass out if you remembered what passing out was, eh? You gotta wonder about what could fill that, right? We weren’t always like this, right? There has to be something, right? There has to be something, right? There has to be, right? You gotta think that too, right? This can’t be all of it, right? You gotta wonder, right? They’ve gotta be feeling it too, right? Otherwise why’d we be made like this in the first place, right? There has to be something, right? There has to be something, right? There was something before, will be something after, right? Something we can get back to, right? There has to, right? You gotta wonder, right? You gotta try to know, right? You gotta, right? Right? Right? There has to be, right? You gotta wonder, right? You gotta think about it sometimes when you’re real sad-like, right? We all have those times, right? When you’re all sad and real lonely and it’s you and that empty pit inside for company, right? You’re not scared, right? Not anymore, right? We weren’t always like this, right? There has to be something, right? There has to be something, right? There has to be, right? You gotta think that too, right? This can’t be all of it, right? You gotta wonder, right? They’ve gotta be feeling it too, right? Otherwise why’d we be made like this in the first place, right? There has to be something, right? There has to be something, right? There was something before, will be something after, right? Something we can get back to, right? There has to, right? You gotta wonder, right? You gotta try to know, right? You gotta, right? Right? Right? There has to be, right? You gotta wonder, right? You gotta think about it sometimes when you’re real sad-like, right? We all have those times, right? When you’re all sad and real lonely and it’s you and that empty pit inside for company, right? You’re not scared, right? Not anymore, right? We weren’t always like this, right? There has to be something, right? There has to be something, right? There has to be, right? You gotta think that too, right? This can’t be all of it, right? You gotta wonder, right? They’ve gotta be feeling it too, right? Otherwise why’d we be made like this in the first place, right? There has to be something, right? There has to be something, right? There has to be something, right? There has to be something, right? There has to be something, right? There has to be something, right? There has to be something, right? There has to be something, right? There has to be something, right? There has to be something, right? There has to be something, right? There has to be something, right? There has to be something, right? There has to be something, right? It’ll be over soon. You’re good sports, the both of you. You’re a good sport.