[As much as he may have been the one to push for it, seeing that serious expression on Reign's face puts him on edge. Like he may have crossed a line he couldn't retrace, or pushed too far when he should have pulled back.]
[Reign didn't need to say his name. But Shell will.]
...I love One, Reign. That's... not something that's changed.
[One, not Eric. It's a name he knows, even if he feels like he only heard it in a dream -- but it's not a name he'll acknowledge out loud until he sees him again for himself.]
But I don't know if I ever really saw him. If I ever really saw the person underneath, who he tried so hard to hide from me. And when he wakes up... after everything that's happened, I don't think we could do anything other than start over. This world is so different... I've already experienced things I-- things I never dreamed I could do back home. For the first time in my life... I feel like me all the time. One was the one who showed me that side of myself.
[He smiles -- but there's a distinct sadness to it.]
...but then he left. Without telling me anything about himself.
[He already told Reign that was his last memory -- and that the next memory he had was of the storm. The transition of those memories was seamless. As impossible as it might seem, Shell has a hard time believing that he truly lost his memories. Rather, for whatever reason, he seems to have been taken away by the storm in the past.]
You told me that I meet him again. And I'm happy you told me. But that person... that Shell you know-- that person isn't me. I'm already a different person now.
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[Reign didn't need to say his name. But Shell will.]
...I love One, Reign. That's... not something that's changed.
[One, not Eric. It's a name he knows, even if he feels like he only heard it in a dream -- but it's not a name he'll acknowledge out loud until he sees him again for himself.]
But I don't know if I ever really saw him. If I ever really saw the person underneath, who he tried so hard to hide from me. And when he wakes up... after everything that's happened, I don't think we could do anything other than start over. This world is so different... I've already experienced things I-- things I never dreamed I could do back home. For the first time in my life... I feel like me all the time. One was the one who showed me that side of myself.
[He smiles -- but there's a distinct sadness to it.]
...but then he left. Without telling me anything about himself.
[He already told Reign that was his last memory -- and that the next memory he had was of the storm. The transition of those memories was seamless. As impossible as it might seem, Shell has a hard time believing that he truly lost his memories. Rather, for whatever reason, he seems to have been taken away by the storm in the past.]
You told me that I meet him again. And I'm happy you told me. But that person... that Shell you know-- that person isn't me. I'm already a different person now.