awareness is the enemy of sanity
”I wonder where we’d be had they not,” Finn mutters, but in truth he has neither the pain threshold or the mental clarity to bat around those sorts of ideas right now. It’s a similar kind of fuzziness around his thinking that erodes away his usually sharp senses. He doesn’t notice the tiny giveaways in Remi’s posture, or the way his breath alters in the revelation of Finn’s troubles. He can barely keep a tight hold on the words, as it is, and he releases a shivery sigh at the inn when it finally comes into view.
”I thought you said you didn’t worry about me.” He can’t resist that one, but the words are said gently, in jest, and if it didn’t hurt so much Finn might have even tried on a smile. ”I appreciate it, though. Have you forgotten them, then?” Those little bodies that Remi had arranged with such care, such concern for their wellbeing after they were long dead.
He snorts and limps up the steps to the inn door, glancing back over his shoulder at Remi. ”I’m not all alone though,” he says. ”You were there. And I’d have rather not spent precious energy finding a stone that’s been long taken by the tide.” Mulling it over, he lifted his chin and motioned inside. ”You’re welcome to come in, if you want to keep talking. I think I owe you a drink anyway.”
”I thought you said you didn’t worry about me.” He can’t resist that one, but the words are said gently, in jest, and if it didn’t hurt so much Finn might have even tried on a smile. ”I appreciate it, though. Have you forgotten them, then?” Those little bodies that Remi had arranged with such care, such concern for their wellbeing after they were long dead.
He snorts and limps up the steps to the inn door, glancing back over his shoulder at Remi. ”I’m not all alone though,” he says. ”You were there. And I’d have rather not spent precious energy finding a stone that’s been long taken by the tide.” Mulling it over, he lifted his chin and motioned inside. ”You’re welcome to come in, if you want to keep talking. I think I owe you a drink anyway.”
for once you hear the screaming
it never stops
FINN
