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[Cleared font formatting, check. Autocorrect, check. Masked I.D., triple check. Dave's been wrestling with this question for over a week, and he's no closer to an answer than he was eight days ago. No closer than he was three years ago.
Where's Dear Abby when you need advice?]
Have you ever been in a situation
Where you knew something somebody else didn't
And you weren't sure if you should tell them or not
Like you knew that if they found out they'd be really upset but there's also nothing they could do about it
And you don't want them to blame themselves
Or
Get mad at you
But pretending it didn't happen feels
I don't know
A lot like lying I guess
What would you do in those circumstances?
I'm asking for a friend.
Where's Dear Abby when you need advice?]
Have you ever been in a situation
Where you knew something somebody else didn't
And you weren't sure if you should tell them or not
Like you knew that if they found out they'd be really upset but there's also nothing they could do about it
And you don't want them to blame themselves
Or
Get mad at you
But pretending it didn't happen feels
I don't know
A lot like lying I guess
What would you do in those circumstances?
I'm asking for a friend.
[Dave's still anon]
I don't smile a lot anyway??
[THAT IS NOT THE RIGHT THING TO SAY.]
But see I don't know if she really wants to know
She hated that kind of future knowledge stuff back where we were so like
I don't know
I feel like if she wanted to know what happened she would've asked? Maybe??
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Oh, she, sorry.
Maybe she's still thinking about what she last remembers? Or is thinking about coming to meet you?
Maybe she only doesn't want to think about it because she doesn't want to bother you.
How would she even know that you know anything?
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Well I'm known to bounce around the timeline a lot and she didn't even ask when I'm from
Or seem inclined to compare notes about when SHE was from
So I think
Maybe she doesn't want to talk about it
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It's weird.
I don't think that's how people usually talk to each other, but I'm not that experienced with being around people that aren't awful.
Does she ever keep secrets from you?
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Yeah
I think so
She was pretty evasive about what her home life was really like
And about stuff that was going to happen that she knew about before we did
And
I don't know
Other stuff probably
I can't really say since I don't know what all secrets she's still got from me obviously
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I wouldn't want to tell any of my friends what I told you so far, life was actually pretty miserable back in my own world and I like being here. But if...I felt like they were comfortable with me, and they wouldn't get upset or dislike me for telling them, I would.
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Think she'll get upset
And I don't want that
I've fucked up enough of that for her already
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You can't keep someone from getting upset with themselves...all you can do is be there for them, let them know you care and support them. It sounds weird but just a simple "I'm here, I'm not going anywhere" can mean a whole lot.
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I mean she could get upset with me too
She probably should be
I'd rather she was pissed at me for being an enormous tool than at herself but I don't think there's anything I can tell her that wouldn't make her feel crappy
And none of that shit was her fault??
It's just
Shit that happened that she got caught up in unfairly
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uh
I don't know what you mean by tool
do you mean someone used you as a tool
cause that's not your fault either
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Uh
No
That's just
It's a self derogatory term don't worry about it
[He will not be the one to sully the Disney Princess's vocabulary with his filth.]
I don't know maybe I just shouldn't say anything after all
Things turned out the way they were supposed to last time
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I guess technically you asked for other peoples' perspective on it, so I'm not going to sit here and try to convince you about telling the truth. You could come back to it later when you're more comfortable?
But hopefully you do that before she asks. Trying to think of lies to answer the questions you get are terrible.
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I talk too much to be a good liar so I guess I'll just come clean then
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I mean that, really.
It's hard at first but...you feel better once the air is cleared.
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Guess
Look I really don't know
The thing is something like this happened before already
Something kind of like what you said happened to you
And I don't
I don't know what the right thing is to do
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Whether it's right or wrong depends on who's looking at the situation. Some people might say it's mean of you to tell something like that to your friend, some people might say it's mean to keep the truth from her. I guess it depends on what's in your own heart.
Do you love your friend?
I mean as a friend.
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Yeah.
I do.
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I know it's weird, what kind of advice is relying on your heart? But I know too that your heart is one of the strongest things you've got for deciding right and wrong. Small or big, it's a light that guides you through dark times.
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I'll
Keep that in mind?
Have a real uh
Tete a tete with my bloodpusher
Thanks though
I mean it
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Or at least a clone of one.]
You say weird stuff.
[Kinda like someone familiar to her.]
Your "bloodpusher" has some good morals is what I'm saying, kind of like Jiminy Cricket.
[...Where does she remember that name--dammit Sora and your stupid memories.]
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Just try to trust it a little bit and I think you'll be okay.
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Thanks again
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