"I don't know many people who would make that choice. Not any more anyway. I think there were a few back home like that, but that was a very long time ago now."
Not that he especially wants to think about that. About people he was already missing before he became a ghost, let alone now.
"She's uh... She's-" nope nevermind, he'd really rather not think about that either, Thanks. Ginger is not one of Autumn's children, no matter what the body he's inhabiting thinks, he does not need to live with or confront his fear thankyouverymuch.
You know what's much easier to think about?
"I know what you're thinking, darling, but it's not that. I- or rather Ernest- Giles, I mean, can remove other people's injuries. But it's tit for tat. You have to bleed first."
It’s the use of the name Ernest, as of Jiles thinks of him as that first, that makes Bash most curious, and least willing to ask. He is loudly going to pretend he never ever heard that!
“An exchange. That makes sense. I think there’s divine magic in my world that runs along a similar…hehe. Vein. That was not intentional, I am so sorry.”
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Date: 2022-10-13 06:52 am (UTC)Not that he especially wants to think about that. About people he was already missing before he became a ghost, let alone now.
"She's uh... She's-" nope nevermind, he'd really rather not think about that either, Thanks. Ginger is not one of Autumn's children, no matter what the body he's inhabiting thinks, he does not need to live with or confront his fear thankyouverymuch.
You know what's much easier to think about?
"I know what you're thinking, darling, but it's not that. I- or rather Ernest- Giles, I mean, can remove other people's injuries. But it's tit for tat. You have to bleed first."
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Date: 2022-10-13 07:02 am (UTC)“An exchange. That makes sense. I think there’s divine magic in my world that runs along a similar…hehe. Vein. That was not intentional, I am so sorry.”
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Date: 2022-10-14 06:36 am (UTC)"Don't you dare apologize, darling. I think I needed that."
He rubs at his face, trying to wipe away tears and pull himself back together. He only succeeds at one of those.