( Good for them. Yes. He can be that. He can always and forever present as someone — better. )
I'm... I try. They don't want much, only... to help? Help... I didn't, when I came. I didn't... know. Much. About my gift?
( It seems so very long ago, a lifetime of suffering now passed, no longer present. He grits his teeth as if to hold back a moan, or a whimper, or a shrivelled sound against it.
And he manages, instead: )
I thought I was — a fool. Stupid. Or cursed. But now I know, it... they told me? Taught me. It was just my gift. My... magic. And I... I've got it in hand now. That's what they teach.
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I'm... I try. They don't want much, only... to help? Help... I didn't, when I came. I didn't... know. Much. About my gift?
( It seems so very long ago, a lifetime of suffering now passed, no longer present. He grits his teeth as if to hold back a moan, or a whimper, or a shrivelled sound against it.
And he manages, instead: )
I thought I was — a fool. Stupid. Or cursed. But now I know, it... they told me? Taught me. It was just my gift. My... magic. And I... I've got it in hand now. That's what they teach.