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[am_i_a_monster]

[Abigail died in the deserted plot and has just been revived.]

Hello? Can anyone hear me? Is anyone out there? It's dark out. I can't see anyone. Please tell me I didn't go through all that just to be alone again.

[There's a moment of Abigail crying.]

I was dead. Am I still dead, is that what this is?

[Being alone feels like hell to her.]

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[am_i_a_monster]

It's in spire four. On the West Island.

[outofthefire]

Shit. There's no way I can get a boat in this storm. I can stay on the phone with you, though.

[there's a pause]

...do you wanna talk about it?

[am_i_a_monster]

I...I don't want anyone to be mad at him.

[outofthefire]

...seriously? Someone here killed you and we're not supposed to be mad?

[Laura sounds incredulous]

[am_i_a_monster]

Yeah. It's a long story. And I don't want anyone to be mad at me either.

[outofthefire]

Sounds like it would have to be. And why would anybody be mad at you, you're the one who was killed.

[am_i_a_monster]

Because I..

[Abigail thinks for a moment. Because she wanted it? She's not sure how much was her. She's always been easily manipulated by people, especially when she feels isolated. And she knows she wasn't thinking clearly.]

It's a really long story.

[outofthefire]

[Laura gentles her voice]

I've got time.

[am_i_a_monster]

I wasn't in my right mind. Not after all that time alone.

(cw: suicide mention)

[outofthefire]

[Laura sighs] Yeah, that. . . was pretty screwy. I can get how that'd fuck with your mind. But you didn't kill yourself. Someone else killed you.

[am_i_a_monster]

Yeah, but he was trying to help me.

[outofthefire]

...it's kinda hard for me to see how killing you would help you.

[am_i_a_monster]

He made it all go away.

[outofthefire]

"It?" What kind of it are we talking about here?

[am_i_a_monster]

[Abigail stays quiet a moment, thinking of the red glow and the sin he said was inside her.]

It is complicated.

[outofthefire]

I can handle complicated, believe me.

[am_i_a_monster]

I don't think I can. Or at least I didn't handle it well. Or maybe I did. I don't know.

[outofthefire]

[she tries to sound soothing]

So why don't you start from the beginning, tell me what happened, and we can figure it out from there?