Catch-all; Caleb

[momming]

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[katzepaw]

[Wow, what the hell have I been doing in every thread. This nice fluffy cat goes and sits in her lap.]

Nothing does, other than time. So maybe take that burden from your shoulders.

[momming]

[ She gently pets this fluffy goodness. ]

I don't know how to do that, either. I can't-- stop these deaths from happening. And as someone who's supposed to be able to save lives, it's...

[ Frustrating? Incredibly. ]

[katzepaw]

We can't stop them, no.

[He feels that, some of the anger and frustration. It's coiling in him too, tired and ugly. There's a numbness, too. He's become conditioned to accepting death, but he doesn't like having to tap into it.]

We're a little bit powerless, and it's awful. All we can do is reduce the pain others feel by whatever means we can.

[momming]

... It will never feel like enough.

[ Softly. ]

But you're right.

[katzepaw]

I hope I'm right. Otherwise, I don't really know what I'm doing here.

[It would all just be some pointless waste.]

[momming]

Supporting, I would say.

Also, I... owe you an apology.

[katzepaw]

An apology? What for?

[momming]

... Were you able to talk to any of my group members from yesterday? About what happened?

[katzepaw]

. . . A little bit. Lucretia seemed to have a lot of trouble remembering anything, and Denji -

[Something happened there.]

But I got the impression it was drawn from memories. Mine, maybe? But possibly Beauregard or even Mollymauk.

[momming]

Beau was able to clarify some things when I explained it to her, and I did have... a vision of you, though it was very brief.

[ She frowns, a little worried. ]

All of us were separated near the end... I don't know if they experienced what I did, but...

[ If they did, she seems even more concerned. ]