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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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[bythewaves]

[ The second she flinches, the fire dies, the flame in his eyes snuffed ]

I'm sorry, tithen pen. I did not mean to frighten you. And your sin does not define you, little spark. You are worth so much more than that.

[am_i_a_monster]

I think I can be more when I have other people around.   I can see the chance for a new life, the one I couldn't have back home.  But when I'm alone - that's when I get stuck on the past.  And it felt like I was alone for a really long time.

[bythewaves]

Ah, tithen pen, I'm sorry. I didn't realise... I'm sorry.

[am_i_a_monster]

It's okay. You couldn't have known. Do you feel alone out there?

[bythewaves]

I am still sorry, all the same.

[ He hums softly ] Yes, and no. It's hard to feel alone on the sea, with the Song of it all around. And I have my brother and my cousin. But at the same time, it's another sort of desert, out on the ocean - wide and vast with nothing on the horizon. So it's a bit lonely, sometimes.

[am_i_a_monster]

Nothing?   That sounds scary.  Stay close to your brother and cousin. Can you see the islands at all?   We're all back now, I think.   We'll stay here.   I don't plan on dying again. 

[bythewaves]

Less scary and more... well, actually I suppose it is a little scary. [ He muses ]

Not any more - we're a fair ways out, now. But don't worry, I will. And please don't! I worry for you, tithen pen.

[am_i_a_monster]

I'll be okay.   Will and the rest are back and they'll take care of me.   They won't let me get so sad again.  I will worry about you too, until you're back on land with the rest of us.

[bythewaves]

I am glad your Will is back! And thank you for worrying - I will do my best to be safe, out here, and I will come and find you when I do, yes?

[am_i_a_monster]

Yes. I'll be here.

[bythewaves]

Stay safe then, Abigail! I will see you soon.