*Metal sighs.* I stopped bothering to run not long after they told me about the others... What was the point? No one cared if I was hurt... And I didn't think there was any reason to try to escape with the others gone... It was over faster at least. They got bored with an easy target sometimes...
Maybe that's why they told you the others were gone. So you wouldn't try to get away.
There was a crazy alternate of Blues that tried something like that with me. I still don't know why. He said that nobody from the Castle cared that I was gone. Not even Enker...
Wouldn't he have other things, though? I mean... even the new ones have guard duty, don't they? Or other things Wily'd want them to do.
We're not a trick, oniisan. I know it'll take time for you to think maybe we are sometimes, but Wind wouldn't be able to keep something like this up for very long.
If there's anything I can do to help prove this is real, just let me know.
*Metal seems a bit uneasy.* He didn't have guard duty often, since Wily usually let those with other talents get away without as many shifts. The others were always willing to take over a shift if he was busy too... Wily never cared as long as it was done.
That's different where I'm from. The only excuse for missing duty is if you're damaged too bad to leave your room. Just about anything else will get you punished. We weren't allowed to cover each other's shifts unless someone's damaged or being punished.
Wily likes Wind's little projects. Wind is allowed to do as he wishes, and since most of the time Wind was using me to test his little projects... He had plenty of time to think up more elaborate ways to mess with my head.
That's not right. I'm sorry he was allowed to do that, oniisan. It's not right, and it shouldn't be allowed. Not by Wind, and not by Wily. Not by anyone.
I know. Things like that take time to start to recover from. *he frowns briefly, remembering a few unpleasant encounters early on in his time in the Nexus* Some people don't understand that, but I do. When something bad happens, you don't just get over it overnight. But it does get better.
You're safe now, oniisan. And you won't ever have to let anyone hurt you again.
Can't help feeling like I should have been strong enough to prevent it from happening in the first place... I'm supposed to be the oldest of us. The one with the most experience.
*somewhat distantly, thinking of a fragment of the nightmares - Blues' scarf laying on the pavement...* Sometimes bad things happen. Even to the oldest of us.
*shakes his head as if to clear it* We all have bad days, oniisan.
There are things I still wonder about too, oniisan. Some things, there might never be answers for. But Air's right. Now is more important. You can't do anything about the past. You can only change things that haven't happened yet.
*Quint nods slightly* I try not to think too much about the things I don't have answers for. Maybe someday I'll find out. Maybe I never will. But I have other things I need to do, and I can't let the past interfere.
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There was a crazy alternate of Blues that tried something like that with me. I still don't know why. He said that nobody from the Castle cared that I was gone. Not even Enker...
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All it matters now is that they lied.
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*Quint smiles slightly* If is were one of Wind's tricks somehow, would he have kept it up this long?
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We're not a trick, oniisan. I know it'll take time for you to think maybe we are sometimes, but Wind wouldn't be able to keep something like this up for very long.
If there's anything I can do to help prove this is real, just let me know.
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That's different where I'm from. The only excuse for missing duty is if you're damaged too bad to leave your room. Just about anything else will get you punished. We weren't allowed to cover each other's shifts unless someone's damaged or being punished.
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You're safe now, oniisan. And you won't ever have to let anyone hurt you again.
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*shakes his head as if to clear it* We all have bad days, oniisan.
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