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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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[vocarrah]

Let's hope they are. At the very least, we're not alone while we wait for them to come, ah? Better that they take shelter before they arrive than risk worse injury.

[If there's a double meaning in her words he certainly doesn't pick up on it.]

...Would you mind if I removed my shirt? It's quite soaked.

[am_i_a_monster]

No, I don't mind.   I don't have anything to offer you though, to keep you warm.  [All she has is the clothes she died in.]  Maybe someone will bring towels and rain gear.

[vocarrah]

Maybe. It's not a problem, though. [He just wants to get out of his wet clothes. He pulls his shirt off, wringing it out and hugging himself, rubbing his arms briskly to try to get some warmth back.]

You're warm, right?

[am_i_a_monster]

[Abigail nods.]   Yeah.  [Her clothes are practical and warm, chosen from years of being a hunter.]  

I feel bad for making people come out in the rain like this.

[vocarrah]

Ah, no, don't say that. [Ianchus sits back, looking over at her in the dim light. He should have remembered how dark it was here, should have brought candles.]

Don't apologize for what others have chosen to do.

[am_i_a_monster]

[Abigail shrugs.] 

I chose to be in this position and to put out a call.  I should have known people would come.  I just didn't want to be alone.

[vocarrah]

Chose to be in your position? I don't think anyone chooses to die.
[He certainly didn't.]

Either way. Most people here are competent enough to know what they're getting into. I'm sure nobody else would want you to be alone, either.

[am_i_a_monster]

I did.  I asked him to do it.

[She nods.]  Yeah, it's bad when I'm alone.  Bad for anyone to be alone.  That's when nightmares and bad thoughts happen.

[vocarrah]

[Ah. Definitely more to this one than he'd thought. Ianchus pauses for a long time, and then ventures the question:]

'Him'?

[am_i_a_monster]

Yeah, The man who helped me.   He made it all go away.  No more pain.  No more nightmares.

[vocarrah]

[Ianchus feels the hair on the back of his neck stand up, and he throws Abigail another alarmed glance]

...Who was it? Why...why did he do--why did you ask him?

[am_i_a_monster]

I was alone and scared and I couldn't stop thinking about bad stuff I've done in the past.  He said dying would give me a second chance to be better.  Don't worry.  He only did it because I asked him to.