reverie overflow.

[vecna]

i still haven't put something less stupid here

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[vecna]

[Mismatched eyes flick back up to her, sharp.]

And you were just telling me that you feel overwhelmed by the excess attention. I thought you’d agree with the realization that these are too many bonds, forced on us.

[velluminous]

[ this conversation feels like it is absolutely wrenching her around. ]

Mammon, my god! How have we pivoted to completely opposite viewpoint we started with?

[vecna]

[Guess what, that's how he feels, too!]

You're misunderstanding. I'm not telling you what to do with yours.

[If she wants to let them flourish, then that's her decision. If she wants to let those strings strangle her, she can do that, too.]

[velluminous]

But you've gone from—Mammon, nevermind. Whatever I've said to unsettle you so, just—put it from your mind!

[vecna]

Why does it suddenly matter to you whether I do or don’t?

[velluminous]

Because you're only one who feels as complicated as I do about all this!

[vecna]

[Suddenly exasperated.]

You were hesitant to take my advice initially, and now that I've changed my tune, you want me to "put it from my mind" because of what? It's not what you really wanted to hear?

[velluminous]

I don't know! I don't know! [ puts her thumb between her teeth, bites down, grinds it ] Mammon, I have to leave. We are just going to tear each other apart like this.

[vecna]

[Again, that's the issue. She doesn't know. And Henry, he is much less uncertain.]

Give yourself time to figure out what you do want, then, Sprezzatura.

[velluminous]

I'm sorry. [ she can't believe how often those words now pass her lips ] Yes. I just have to figure some things out.

[ is he going to let her escape this time? ]

[vecna]

[This time? Yes, this time, he'll let her go. This time, the conversation has unsettled something in him, too, and he'd prefer to leave it hanging, even if they leave it unresolved.]

All right.

[In fact, he's the first to walk away.]