Once or twice; I was adopted as a child, so doing that sort of thing was my father's way of trying to make things a bit more normal for me for a while afterwards.
No... I tend to think it's better if I can return to normalcy as quickly as possible.
[...It's still kind of breathless and weird-sounding, but at least he seems to be controlling himself a bit more thoroughly now.]
I understand that these things may take time, but continuing to dwell on it isn't going to be productive... It won't get me anywhere, in the end, so I see little sense in it.
[...]
I know you don't like the idea of taking everything from a practical standpoint, but it's easier for me that way.
Well, it's true that I have a hard time looking at everything the same way you do, but I do understand that. Do whatever it is you need to do in order to pick up and move forward.
[It's as encouraging as he can be given the circumstances. He still has a lot of gaping holes in his memories but at least he's (probably) not a bioterrorist. There's only so much he can really say to try to help; this is something Wesker will know how to handle better than he would, if only because Wesker's already dealt with so many terrible memories.]
Either way. I really do imagine it won't get much better from here - not that I can particularly see how it can get much worse, either, granted.
[i mean it's not like there's all that much lower one can go from "actual bioterrorist trying to kill six billion people, also infected with some nasty tentacle shit." probably.]
I do appreciate that you've stayed near me through all of this. And I...
[...Mnngh.]
It isn't that I don't want what you've been asking me about, because that isn't the case. I just need time to consider it.
[I mean, if you think Wesker has been taking any time off to deal with this shit, you are completely mistaken - he's kind of married to his job, and that isn't changing regardless of what he remembers.]
If you need to leave, I won't force you to stay. But for the time being I'd prefer that you be here with me.
Wonderful choices! I only began the Halloween tradition after I moved here, so I missed out on quite a few years... but I think it's a fun time. My favorite trick were those bowls with the hands in them.
There was a woman we knew who always had such an elaborate setup in front of her house. A lot of things that lit up, and fancy decorations laid out on a table surrounding all the candy. It was always themed, too - sometimes skeletons, sometimes ghosts and the like, sometimes monsters from those old movies. Things that would get a child's attention, to be looked at and played with.
Once your attention was there, she or her daughter would sneak up and tap you on the shoulder. Just a gentle thing, but more than enough to ensure that you jumped half a mild.
[....... Sounds like something all of his friends would be into.]
She sounds like fun. I'm sure I know a number of people who would enjoy doing that exact set up, actually, and so I think I'll keep the idea to myself... lest I become the recipient of their schemes.
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