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[fatespoken]

[ There's a sharp breath, unsteady as it's drawn in— ]

Anyone... know how to get rid of the smell of smoke?

From drapes.

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[eiremagic]

Febreze.

[fatespoken]

Heavy, really fucking heavy sort of smoke.

Unless Febreeze works for charred flesh. Do you think it does, Eden?

[eiremagic]

Works on blood. Don't see why not.

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[fatespoken]

[ a shaky breath. ]

You ever try to kill him, Ede?

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[eiremagic]

Kill who?

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[fatespoken]

Your own father.

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[eiremagic]

[Pause]

I shot him, last year.

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[fatespoken]

Did you fire the bullet because you wanted to? [ Then a little bit softer. ] Did you... did you regret it, Eden?

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[eiremagic]

I don' fire a bullet if I don' want to.

No. I don' regret stealin' his magic, either.

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[fatespoken]

If someone told me I had to kill someone for my own survival, I'd do it without thought. If the benefit from killing someone was great enough, I'd do it. I tried to murder my uncle- my stepbrother once, and I would have done it if someone hadn't stopped me.

I shouldn't feel this way. I shouldn't.

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[eiremagic]

I'm not the best to ask about killin', yeh know.

[She takes a deep breath]

Yeh didn' actually kill him.

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[fatespoken]

Who is better to ask than soneone who has actually done it?

I wish I did. I think about it a lot, Eden. The different ways I could do it. [a pause.] I wish I could.

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[eiremagic]

I read that in order to get someone to kill, yeh have to dehumanize the enemy.

That's why soldiers can do it. That's why yeh can' kill fam.

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[fatespoken]

He's not even human, and he's clearly shown that. Monsters are made by their actions, and he's done- he's done more than enough to prove there's nothing to dehumanize.

It shouldn't be this way, and yet I'm acting- feeling like a fucking lunatic.

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[eiremagic]

Doesn' matter, does it?

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[fatespoken]

He is real, you know.

Maybe I rea- I think I did it.

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[eiremagic]

No. Doesn' matter because yeh'll never kill him. Yeh're not a killer, Amory.

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[fatespoken]

Because I haven't been given the chance.

I had him pinned down once, couldn't move because I told him to fucking stay there. There was enough blood to soil our carpet, enough blood that red was jammed between my nails for days.

I fucking loved it Eden.

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[eiremagic]

What stopped yeh?

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[fatespoken]

My roommate tackled me down.

Wasn't my father that time. My step-brother. For once, I had the advantage- I finally having power over him, after all those years.

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[eiremagic]

I know all about brothers, too.

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[fatespoken]

He's not really my brother, not related by blood, even though we're tied by blood. He never really lived with us.

Always hated me.

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[eiremagic]

Doesn' really matter.

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[fatespoken]

Matters when he'd prefer me dead.

Probably why I didn't give a damn when I nearly did him in.

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[eiremagic]

I mean it doesn' matter than yeh're not related.

But he's not here either.