[ALONG AN AXIS]
[i've been having strange dreams lately.]
[What kind?]
[the ones where it almost feels like a premonition.]
[...care to elaborate?]
MEME14.5 - roll
...IT'S YOU.
i found you.
YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE, FIEND.
y'know i can't help but feel just a Twang of hostility whenever you utter my name, jouse
YOU SHOULD KNOW WHY.
REGARDLESS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? I SHOULD BE SEEING MY DEAREST O-
yeah, no, we're not doing this.
i'm here, do you have such a big problem with the Idea of my presence
WELL-
don't bother answering.
i don't really care that much, actually! i have questions for you, jouse
YOU TRAPPED YOURSELF IN MY HEART JUST FOR A Q&A SESSION? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?
unimportant. let's begin
what's your de
NO.
WE'RE NOT DOING THIS, AND I ESPECIALLY REFUSE TO ANSWER ANYTHING FROM YOU.
YOU ARE HONESTLY THE WORST POSSIBLE PERSON TO BE LOCKED WITH RIGHT NOW.
>:|
so you won't answer?
NO. NOT UNTIL YOU ANSWER MY QUESTIONS FIRST.
i hardly see how this is fair
QUIT PLAYING DUMB. YOU SHOULD KNOW BY NOW THAT I'M NOT THE ONE BEING PRESSED HERE, FIEND.
NOW, LET US PROCEED...
WHAT'S YOUR DEAL?
really? you're starting with that?
...i'm not answering this one, dude
FINE. TELL ME HOW YOU GOT HERE THEN.
i don't know what else to say, other than the fact i beat your "Dearest Owner" here
HOW THOUGH? SHE SHOULD'VE BEEN WAY AHEAD OF YOU, CONSIDERING THE RATE SHE WAS WRITING THOSE MEMOS.
unimportant, next question
...
WHY COME HERE, REALLY?
...my motives are none of your concern
THIS IS A DEAD END, FIEND... SO, TELL ME THE TRUTH. TELL ME YOUR PERSPECTIVE. WHY DID YOU COME HERE?
i... want to feel Important.
i thought beating the owner here would make me feel like i finally did something for once in my life, but...
NOW YOU'RE HERE.
now i'm here
yes, are you getting it now? is that what you wanted? to shame me for my selfish goals?
i already know it sucks, i know it puts the owner in an even worse position, i know it-
STOP.
it-
STOP IT, FIEND.
I DON'T BELIEVE I'VE TOLD ANYONE HOW I ENDED UP HERE, HAVE I?
...who would you tell?
UNIMPORTANT.
THE POINT IS, I WAS NOT BORN LIKE THIS. THAT MAY SEEM OBVIOUS IN HINDSIGHT, BUT BELIEVE ME WHEN I TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE TIMES WHERE IT HAS TAKEN OTHERS BY SURPRISE.
...who would you have told? there's nobody else here, dude
AGAIN, UNIMPORTANT. LET ME SPEAK.
I, TOO, HAD MY OWN SELFISH DESIRES I WANTED FULFILLED AT ANY COST.
YOU AND I, WE ARE VERY ALIKE. I WOULD SAY MAYBE EVEN MORE THAN WHAT I BELIEVE MY DEAREST OWNER AND I WOULD HAVE IN COMMON... SO, BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY THIS, EVEN IF IT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE.
I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH, FIEND. I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE FEELING RIGHT NOW, FIEND. I KNOW YOUR STRUGGLE. LET ME SHARE YOUR BURDEN.
...trying to win me over with your sob story won't work on me
BUT I SEE THE TEAR FORMING ON THE CORNER OF YOUR LEFT EYE.
...shut up.
are you done with the questions?
FOR NOW. KEEP BUGGING ME AND I MAY THINK OF MORE.
WHAT ABOUT YOU, THOUGH?
no, i don't have any
i stopped caring about asking mine a while ago
THEN WHY COME HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE?
YOU KNOW FULLY WELL THAT THERE ISN'T A WAY OUT OF HERE. WHY WOULD YOU WILLINGLY DIG YOUR OWN GRAVE IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO SAY TO ME?