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[64th]

Has anyone seen Chris?

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[puzzlingly]

someone pointed out hes gone

[64th]

well they must be wrong. He’s probably just

Sleeping or something

[puzzlingly]

i cant find him in my contact list but
i could help you look for him if you wish

[64th]

[ she knows she is being unreasonable about all this and appreciates that someone is playing along. ]

Maybe your phone is broken. [ and.., all their phones. ]

i already looked for him some. But maybe I didn't check the right places. He could be exploring.

[puzzlingly]

hey it could be. they run on magic didnt they? the so called gods are not exactly at their peak right now

is he the kind that would explore?

[64th]

Exactly. You understand.

Not alone, but something might have caught his attention. Or he didn't have a chance to find someone to go with him.

[puzzlingly]

「Oh, sweet child...」

hypothetically speaking. would it be bad if he was gone? 」

[64th]

[ she knows better. really, she does. but it feels better to be stubborn about it. ]

Things are bad at home for him.

[puzzlingly]

「She's okay at being... not okay.」

how bad?

[64th]

His friends are dead and everyone is getting murdered by a wendigo.

[puzzlingly]

that sounds bad alright
didnt he spend more than a few months here? maybe things changed back home for him

[64th]

You don't think people go back to when they left?

[puzzlingly]

i dont know. is that what happens?

[64th]

It's what happened the last place I was.

[puzzlingly]

what do you mean?

[64th]

Before I was in Hadriel, I was someplace else that wasn't home. It was a hotel. We were trapped there and weird things happened like they do here. I went home once when i was there. I went right back to the moment I'd left.

[puzzlingly]

youre not the first one that tells me something like that...

whats your name anyway?

[64th]

Cashmere. What's yours?

[puzzlingly]

atem
i will go look for chris now okay cashmere?

「She can bet he really is going to go out and look for him. Gives him something to focus on, truth to be told...」

[64th]

thanks.

I know that people go and that's what happens but it isn't right.

[puzzlingly]

how so?

[64th]

they should get to choose. and they should get to say goodbye.

[puzzlingly]

「Oh.

Well, that... gets him somehow, on a personal level. No, it's not about the Door, or not this one at any rate, though there was one. He didn't get to say goodbye to so many people he had met, and yet, he had the chance. He deliberately chose not to. He often wonders if he had stopped, if he had turned back, would he have left them?」

sometimes its harder to say goodbye

[64th]

[ what would she have said, if she could have said something to Chris before he disappeared? she isn't sure.

goodbyes can be awful, especially when you suspect they might be permanent. ]

Yeah, you're right. They feel so final.

[puzzlingly]

you get it

[64th]

Sounds like you're speaking from experience?

[puzzlingly]

something like that yeah