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[exercisms]

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[He'd argue with her, but he's getting slapped with a memory. Oh. Clem is really sweet. She's so nice to her. . . little brother? It really makes him happy to see this side of her, but the things they're talking about are a lot.]

You might turn into a monster?

[stillnot]

It's just a matter of when. Everyone in my world turns.

[ ... ] People here call them zombies? We don't call them that.

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Oh. Zombies.

[. . . He's heard of them. He's not into that kind of movie, but he's heard of them.]

Even that kid might have to. . . ?

[stillnot]

... Everyone turns.

But I'm doing everything I can to make sure AJ survives.

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Is he your family?

[stillnot]

That's right.

[ however she will not elaborate! ]

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[That's fine. That's all he really needs to know, anyway.]

. . . You do a good job, taking care of him.

[stillnot]

You think so? Sometimes I'm not so sure...

[ ... yes she is desperate for validation on this subject why do you ask ]

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[Nod. Nod.]

You do. You're trying to protect him, but also teach him the things he needs to know.

[stillnot]

Heh. [ a very weak laugh... ]

That's the hard part. There's a lot of stuff he shouldn't have to know. [ but he does need to. ]

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It sounds like it.

[. . .]

It's nothing like that, but. I've wanted to be able to protect my brother from that. From what I can turn into.

But I haven't been able to do a good job.

[stillnot]

From what you can turn into?

I mean, you looked strong, but... What does that mean?

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. . .

[Hmm. It's a little hard for him to explain. Softly: ]

There's something that comes out sometimes. Not my power - something else that uses my power. Once, it hurt Ritsu.

[stillnot]

That must be scary. Not being in control, sometimes.

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. . . Yeah.

[stillnot]

So what do you do about it? To stop it from happening or - once it's happened?