[To Marcus' credit, he does deflate just slightly with a soft exhalation at that.]
... sorry. I'm letting things get to my head.
[It's both true and not the full extent of the truth at the same time. But it's believable enough, which is all that really matters right now. It's not like any of them are "fine" in any sense of the word, anyway-- they're just trying to keep moving forward.]
It's fine. I think you are allowed that, to some degree.
[ ... granted, even if it wasn't, Morgan would probably still be reacting the same.
But Phil brings up their conversation at the start of this, and she nods. Honestly, she'd almost forgotten about it. ]
That does make a great deal more sense, in hindsight. [ this wouldn't have been a problem if she was in her disguise!!!! ] So normally you are both connected to each other, then?
[ From how they both made it sound, it sound familiar, but that wasn't exactly the time to ask details. ]
[Marcus nods, straightening up a little. This is, ironically, a far easier subject to talk about, awkward as his initial admission of his true nature had been.]
Normally, yeah. Phil sustains my existence with his anima, meaning I can't get too far away from him or I'll disappear. It also means he can heal whatever happens to me as long as it's not something that'll kill me outright.
But as you saw, it doesn't work that way here.
[He's still got the bandages on his arm to prove that much.]
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... sorry. I'm letting things get to my head.
[It's both true and not the full extent of the truth at the same time. But it's believable enough, which is all that really matters right now. It's not like any of them are "fine" in any sense of the word, anyway-- they're just trying to keep moving forward.]
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[ Except for whoever Gin's real killer was, probably, but... well. ]
...Anyway, if you'd wondered before why I seemed confident that the motif here wasn't a jab specifically at you, you've got an answer to that now.
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[ ... granted, even if it wasn't, Morgan would probably still be reacting the same.
But Phil brings up their conversation at the start of this, and she nods. Honestly, she'd almost forgotten about it. ]
That does make a great deal more sense, in hindsight. [ this wouldn't have been a problem if she was in her disguise!!!! ] So normally you are both connected to each other, then?
[ From how they both made it sound, it sound familiar, but that wasn't exactly the time to ask details. ]
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Normally, yeah. Phil sustains my existence with his anima, meaning I can't get too far away from him or I'll disappear. It also means he can heal whatever happens to me as long as it's not something that'll kill me outright.
But as you saw, it doesn't work that way here.
[He's still got the bandages on his arm to prove that much.]