I - yeah. Yeah. There's ... people are waiting for me. They need me.
[The response is so immediate, so emphatic, it surprises even Shiro. He doesn't even have to think about it. People need him. So he has to get out. It doesn't matter the circumstances.]
[Of course he's freaked out. He's been locked up by people in the middle of the ocean, on a giant boat. With disparaging whispers about blood of all things. Who wouldn't be afraid? But...]
[He has to put a hand to his head. It all feels so familiar. Like this is something he should understand. Like he should know why this is so wrong, why being restrained and locked up activates every panic nerve in his body.]
I ... I think it's happened before. [And somehow, the lack of memory just makes things worse. His head jerks up, staring at Vyng with wilder eyes.] I can't remember-!
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[The response is so immediate, so emphatic, it surprises even Shiro. He doesn't even have to think about it. People need him. So he has to get out. It doesn't matter the circumstances.]
[Of course he's freaked out. He's been locked up by people in the middle of the ocean, on a giant boat. With disparaging whispers about blood of all things. Who wouldn't be afraid? But...]
[He has to put a hand to his head. It all feels so familiar. Like this is something he should understand. Like he should know why this is so wrong, why being restrained and locked up activates every panic nerve in his body.]
I ... I think it's happened before. [And somehow, the lack of memory just makes things worse. His head jerks up, staring at Vyng with wilder eyes.] I can't remember-!