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god poor kid

[placation]

Heard and understood, Sunny-kun.

I won't bother you further. If you ever feel like reaching out, you have my contact now.

hehehehehehe 1/2

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[Read 3:23pm ✅]

2/2 (the next day)

[sadpoem]

i didnt send those messages

please
dont ask me anything else

if u want to talk
u cant

[placation]

Hi again, Sunny-kun.

I'm sorry. That wasn't my intention.

You have no control when he takes over, do you? That must be incredibly difficult.

[sadpoem]

not
really
but i know
if u keep asking me
too many things
or try to do
what shrinks do
we cant talk

[Omori's involvement is due in no small part to Sunny's own discomfort; Maruki spooked him. He doesn't want anyone digging around in his head.]

[placation]

No problem. I don't want to cause you any more pain, so I won't press the matter.

[ In reality, Maruki can easily see this for exactly what it is: Sunny's brain protecting itself to his own detriment and shutting down any possibility of getting any real healing done. He's still determined to help. But it's a delicate situation, and this kid doesn't know him. One step at a time. ]

Just know that I'm around if you ever change your mind. And I can talk about plenty of non-shrink things too, if you just need a friend to listen.

[sadpoem]

we can talk
u just

have to stop
when i say to

is that
okay?

[placation]

Absolutely, Sunny-kun. That's integral to what I do.

... Did you want to talk now?

[sadpoem]

we should just
talk about
you

[placation]

Me? I'm old and boring!

What would you like to know?

[sadpoem]

how old and
how boring?

[placation]

35 and very. I haven't had much of a life outside of my work. I should probably try to pick up a hobby... any suggestions?

[sadpoem]

u could play
a video game

[placation]

I don't think I've played a video game since Space Invaders...

Do you have any? This place seems so technologically inept.

[sadpoem]

i do
and my bf does

we asked for them
from the crystal

[placation]

[ Ah, to be so young that the thing you request from a questionably benevolent and undoubtedly powerful crystal is a video game. Maruki is endeared. ]

Huh. Maybe! That could be a nice change of pace.

Do you do anything else for fun?

cw: gore mention

[sadpoem]

[He also used it to heal a half-eaten limb if that helps.]

draw
+ poetry

not much
else

[placation]

[ on god maruki hates this place ]

Poetry! That's a wonderful outlet. Do you ever share what you write?

[sadpoem]

no
its personal

but
ill share
other poems

someone is teaching me
how to
recite

[placation]

Hey, that's just as good. Sharing stories and poems that resonate you with other people is a great way to connect.

I'll admit, I never had much time to read outside of my studies. If you ever feel like sharing a poem with me, I'm all ears.

[sadpoem]

a poem
about what?

[placation]

Hmm...

A poem about the heart.

[sadpoem]

Is it a fantastically unlaminated question set in flesh
or valentine that wears the air as its apparel?
If you cut a heart from parchment, is it still
a heart? A nontrivial knot, where turns of every gradient
may kiss and tell. Does the vessel have edges?
Or is it all connectedness, an embedding to be stretched
or bent. Imagine being simultaneously alive,
bound in both directions with a bow! Is it diachronic,
a phenomenon that changes over time? Without ardor
theory suffers. That’s why I’m stuck on you with wanton glue, per-
severing, styling something blobbish and macabre
into something pointed, neat. Love is a gift
that springs from an unlit spot. Resin and rue.
Even when I’m in the dark I’m in the dark with you.

Triptych for Topological Heart
Alice Fulton

[placation]

[ It's a good fifteen minutes before Maruki responds. ]

That's a beautiful poem, Sunny-kun. Thank you for sharing it with me. I never would have read something like that otherwise.

"Love is a gift that springs from an unlit spot." That will stick with me.

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[Oh...He really liked it.]

im glad
u like it
i do too

its paired
with two other poems