if by story you mean our lives, yes but this isn't
[and this is where he begins to question himself, where the poison of his knowing expands into the space inside of him and makes him uncertain. he's not august for august anymore, he's august for everyone in the flock. he isn't an individual.]
saltburnt isn't part of our natural story. is it? our stories are getting interrupted here.
[if alia is surprised or uneased by this, she gives no sign.]
Just so. There is a story for my brother still to live, this much I know. I come into it much later than him as he is now. Therefore there must be a continuation, sometime.
You do not know this by observation, though. Do you? Something speaks to you.
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but this isn't
[and this is where he begins to question himself, where the poison of his knowing expands into the space inside of him and makes him uncertain. he's not august for august anymore, he's august for everyone in the flock. he isn't an individual.]
saltburnt isn't part of our natural story. is it?
our stories are getting interrupted here.
no subject
Just so.
There is a story for my brother still to live, this much I know. I come into it much later than him as he is now. Therefore there must be a continuation, sometime.
You do not know this by observation, though. Do you?
Something speaks to you.
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yes.
i'm here and then i'm not. does that make sense to you?