[ For a few terrifying seconds that images dash in front of his eyes, Five thinks he must have accidentally time traveled, or reality ripped in two and he'd fallen through the cracks. Nothing here has ever felt stable, so the possibility can't be ignored.
By the time he figures out that he's seeing her memories, he's drawn in. A part of him is equally horrified at what the urchin was doing as to what he becomes unwillingly aware of. What he witnesses are things he never asked about Vanessa but wondered since before the cliffs. What she is and how she came to be that way. How legitimate the threat of her is, but also where her power came from.
There's no telling how long he was standing there (seconds? minutes?), but when the memories fade he's staring at the same woman from his vision with a mix of confusion and something like empathy. That little urchin had no idea what he was getting into. ]
You... [ Words fail him, and a terrible thought nags at him. Did her memories return to her, or did he steal them? How can he tell? ] ...Did he get you out of the asylum?
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By the time he figures out that he's seeing her memories, he's drawn in. A part of him is equally horrified at what the urchin was doing as to what he becomes unwillingly aware of. What he witnesses are things he never asked about Vanessa but wondered since before the cliffs. What she is and how she came to be that way. How legitimate the threat of her is, but also where her power came from.
There's no telling how long he was standing there (seconds? minutes?), but when the memories fade he's staring at the same woman from his vision with a mix of confusion and something like empathy. That little urchin had no idea what he was getting into. ]
You... [ Words fail him, and a terrible thought nags at him. Did her memories return to her, or did he steal them? How can he tell? ] ...Did he get you out of the asylum?