Delusion

[Tailsdoll]

There they are... Those must be the poor bastards that came before I did...

He approached the ten men, flinching from the wounds engraved upon their bodies. They looked like a demons had just lashed at them.

"Ensign Jonathan Cook, Cerberus. I assume you are still familiar with that name"

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<span style="color:#000000">The awful plight of he who cannot draw to save his own life.</span>

[Xenord]

Girl looked astonished....

Jonathan heard how she laughed,and after he saw how she spit out some amount of blood.

You...are....funny....

Dolls.....can't...Speak

They......Used.......Speak

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[Tailsdoll]

Well, time to make my brain explode.

"Let them go"

Most probably a horrible idea.

"They have no place here. Let them go"

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<span style="color:#000000">The awful plight of he who cannot draw to save his own life.</span>

[Xenord]

Why....You...need.....broken....Dolls?

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[Tailsdoll]

"They are not dolls, lass. They are men that were sent here to help you.

Really, REALLY fracked now.

"These were the ten men that died before me"

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<span style="color:#000000">The awful plight of he who cannot draw to save his own life.</span>

[Xenord]

Death.....?

What....Is.....it?

Tell....Me....

I.....like......stories.....

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[Tailsdoll]

Oh, this'll be fun...

He approached the girl and once more raised her chin. She was more normal now. Maybe his own brain's doing.

"Sit down, lass"

They did.

"Well... Imagine death as... sort of a nap. Sleep time. But, forever. A sleep you don't wake up from, ever"

She seemed confused. Scared, even.

"You've never... You've never seen the world beyond these walls, have you? Never heard the sounds of a city, or felt the wind on your face? Never took the time to take a trip, or have a chat with someone you like? Never... Never sat on a chair and pick your nose while no one was looking?"

He chuckled with that one. Yet, she seemed confused.

"These men... These "dolls", as you call them, were once people like me. They breathed, they ate, they pooped, they loved, they hated. They felt. Just like I do"

Hmmm...

"Is this something you'd be interested in experiencing?"

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<span style="color:#000000">The awful plight of he who cannot draw to save his own life.</span>

[Xenord]

I.....I.....

This....Place....Safe

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[Tailsdoll]

"This place has brought you nothing but pain and sadness, lass"

Hmm... She seems frightened of something... Maybe the massive mental torture she was subject to. Yeah, «maybe».

"You can't stay here for much longer. You'll go insane. You need to see that existence is more than just pain. There's some good stuff there too"

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<span style="color:#000000">The awful plight of he who cannot draw to save his own life.</span>

[Xenord]

Are.....You...Sure.....

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