[Signless had missed the news report this morning. He was up early, putting up a few more decorations for 12th Perigees or "Christmas" as the humans called it. Just because those he cared about didn't remember him didn't mean he couldn't try to make it special for them.
Later he'd go see Di and Lulu, wish them a happy 12th Perigees even though he knows they'd just stare at him blankly and wonder how he knows a troll holiday then go check up on the young trolls-
Oh, the door. He quickly finishes pinning the sprig of plant Fate had called "mistletoe" to the top of the doorway to the kitchen, hops off the chair and hurries to the door.]
[He's still not sure which hurts more: her forgetting he exists all together or believing he's fake.]
So you remember again...That's good, I think. [He smiles a little though there's no joy in it.] Is there nothing I can do to convince you I'm real? Any story I can tell of our travels, any secret between us I can admit?
You'd just make it harder...I know you're not him--everyone knows the erased people are fakes. You're the reason I f-forgot him. [She shifts to wipe her eyes, taking the knife out, but holding it to her chest] And you have to go away.
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Later he'd go see Di and Lulu, wish them a happy 12th Perigees even though he knows they'd just stare at him blankly and wonder how he knows a troll holiday then go check up on the young trolls-
Oh, the door. He quickly finishes pinning the sprig of plant Fate had called "mistletoe" to the top of the doorway to the kitchen, hops off the chair and hurries to the door.]
Yes- Di?
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But--oh. It...was a lot harder in person. The silence after her name dragged on. She couldn't summon the strength to pull the knife out.
He'd bleed the same color--]
You're the fake Signless. Taking his place. I can't get him back until you're gone.
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So you remember again...That's good, I think. [He smiles a little though there's no joy in it.] Is there nothing I can do to convince you I'm real? Any story I can tell of our travels, any secret between us I can admit?
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