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[truthreader]

dontlookatmedontlookatme DO NOT LOOK.

too much too deep too red hurts
told me to do it how to do it when to do it flick the switch flick flick flick

flicked across hands and arms and legs and face and what isunderis above

too sticky i stick
horse turned to glue
stick me stick me
stuckstuckSTUCK

cantlook. dontlook.
nodont:

touch
taste
smell
hear

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[empathed]

It's alright, River, I'm here. I don't even have to look.

I've got enough of my own anyway.

[truthreader]

dontlook please please dontseeit

...you smell like... pennies copper
badpennybadpenny put me in a jar

[empathed]

My eyes are closed, see?

I'll put you in bed. You don't have to worry about what I smell of, I know.

But you... It's not your fault either.

[truthreader]

n-no. cant see. blind, blind leading the blind. my hair and my face - all in there and running down down...

...please no. not yet. not ready to sleep yet. sorry, sorry, so sorry. dontmakemesleepagain.

bullets kill.

[noruttinidea]

Hey ... don't go flyin' off yer hinges now, girl.

[truthreader]

hinges and doors and keys and locks
flying and falling and electric shocks

[noruttinidea]

Hell, I know what they did, but you went an' put it to good use. What you done to those Reavers kept the rest o' us alive.

[truthreader]

uses and definitions and dictionaries. and actions. iam a definition iam an action iam a dichotomy.

whatidid. again and again and again.

[b_q_smee]

Oh R-River...

[truthreader]

dontLOOK. you cant.

[b_q_smee]

Don't w-worry, sweetheart, m-my eyes are c-c-closed. Everything w-will b-be alright xiao mei

[truthreader]

...dont lie. not all right. everything is sicksickenedsickeningsicker dead.

[3redeyes]

...You regret it.

[truthreader]

every one. every one every bullet every snapslicebreakbloodevery end.

[3redeyes]

Hn. That is a sad existance to live.

[truthreader]

you must?

[stay_shiny]

River...

I.. it'll.. it'll be fine. It'll go away in a little while.

It doesn't mean anything, it's okay... More blood than the captain... oh god...

[ooc: strikes deleted. D: Kaylee's scared by it, a lot, but she's trying hard Dx ♥]

[truthreader]

anyeverynothing. mean nothing?

...patience is for the dead.

((ooc: Trying hard is what Kaylees do best! 8D ♥))

[stay_shiny]

M-Mean nothing. Mean nothing but that you do whatever it takes to take care of your brother, take care of people you love. Means only good.

[truthreader]

love.
...love.

love is red. this is red. they connect?