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[mrsnesbitt]

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[laminae]

weeeelllllll
i'm not gonna repress the fact that i'm part
weird octopus
thing

also sorry for how it
he?
i was towards you last October
i was a jerk

[mrsnesbitt]

I don't mind.
It was all worth it to help you in the end.
Do you... have contact with him, or is he you?

[laminae]

he's me
or part of me, at least
as weird and creepy and gross as it is

[mrsnesbitt]

For what it's worth, I don't think you - or he - are any of those things.

[laminae]

thanks
doesn't change my opinion about myself
but it's nice knowing other people think i'm better than that

[mrsnesbitt]

You don't need to change your opinion until you're ready to.
And I will always think that, no matter what happens.
You're a very brave and kind person, Fern. Nothing will change that.

[laminae]

geez

[He wants to tell Buzz he's wrong, he isn't brave or kind, but he's trying to be better about that.]

i'm
just going to go ahead and take your word for it

[mrsnesbitt]

You don't have to believe me, you know.
I support you the best I can but ultimately your opinion of yourself is something only you can work out.

Do you need to talk about anything else that happened last October?

[laminae]

yyyeaaaah not looking forward to trying to do that

uh
just wanted to thank you for all the heart stuff
you really helped me out three

[mrsnesbitt]

It's alright.
If I'm being honest, I felt quite guilty for leaving you when you needed the company.
I owed it to you, if nothing else.

[laminae]

it's ok
you couldn't have known and October was hard on everyone

[mrsnesbitt]

Everyone's first, yes.

[he still blames himself. it's not an awful source of self-flagellation, god knows buzz is emotionally healthy enough to avoid that specific pitfall, but he still knows he failed in his duty, there.]