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[Lex's memory continued to nag Altair. He usually wasn't too bothered about keeping the memories he saw to himself. This time was different though. Unlike the memories of dead Lex was still alive. It felt wrong to keep it from him so eventually he gave in and contacted him.]

I think I saw your memory. If you want to pretend nothing happened that's fine but if you want to talk about it I'll listen. It's your choice.

Damn, my man

make that sound more like a threat

I didn't mean it like that.

I saw the mission where Choum and Rupert died. I'm sorry.

Oh wow, that was a *while* back now

The whole mission, huh? Not the most fancy one or anything, but it felt like it back then

Yeah I know. I felt everything you felt then.

[ Fuck, yeah. If it's like that thing he experienced with Gojo- ]

Most of the rest of them survived the rest of the war.

[Most. That one word made his soul ache with a familiar pain.]

That's good to hear.

[He hesitated before adding,]

What about you? What happened after the war?

Ah well, I lived too

Left the country behind

Did you enjoy traveling?

[There were other questions he could ask. Was Lex ever able to return to his world was at the front of his mind given how it reminded him of his own past, but he had trespassed enough with the memory he saw.]

I always have, once I realized the beauty in it

Yeah, I suppose you're right. I've always wanted to travel. I just didn't think it would happen like this.

[Or how much it would cost him. The beauty Lex mentioned was hard to see sometimes and he needed that reminder.]

Peering into dreams or following a Fox?

[There was a long pause from Altair's end before he hesitantly answered.]

Both, although it's not the first time I've peered into someone's memory. Shadow mages can travel into the memories of the dead. I can't see the memories of the living though.

[He didn't know if he told Lex because he wanted to share something personal with him to make up for the memory he saw, or if he was just tired of keeping that secret to himself.]

[ . . . Huh.

Well, then. Lex hums a little bit at his relic before he then taps on it twice and types out his response, ]

Ah, well, then to end up in a deathless realm...

Yeah, it's...quiet.

[His feelings beyond that were complicated. It was nice being able to sleep at night again without his soul being plunged into the sea of souls, but he also felt like he was missing an important part of himself so he couldn't say that he was glad the connection was gone.]

Edited (sorry, I changed the wording a little orz) 2024-11-08 10:12 (UTC)

I have to assume that's a good relief, yeah?

[ But, maybe not. It's possible it's being severed from something he's used to. ]

Yeah, mostly. It's not a fun experience.

[ Huh. ... He had no knowledge of Altair's experiences, be it in the past or the ones he had in his own memories of that time. It's curious he should see that mission. He wonders if the guy has some connection to it... It feels so - on fear of insulting the dead, it's small as compared to some memories of his past. But it was the first time he saw someone important enough to him die in front of him (he thinks). Maybe it's that. ]

I'd bet, I'd bet

In any case, I made it through it all. Journeyed around. So no need to get too stuck on my own experiences, especially when they weren't yours, yeah?

[Lex had sharp intuition. Seeing someone important to them die while they were powerless to stop it was something they had in common, and it was the main thing that lingered in his mind after seeing the memory. Was it really that small a memory? That wasn't the impression he got from Lex's emotions. Still, it felt wrong to say anything about it. He chose a safer option instead.]

Easier said than done. I know what it's like to be torn from your world and be stranded somewhere else. Except it was the opposite for me. I ended up on Earth after my world was destroyed.

[ . . . That memory wasn't even that related to it. He's deduced it from that, huh. He supposes- no, about half of them back then were from other worlds. Him, Aurelio. Noi. Some of the others too. If he felt what he felt back then, understood the logic like he understood Gojo's high... it makes sense he would know thaT. And knowing that is a whole other thing entirely. ]

Destroyed in its entirety?

Earth takes in people that way?

[ Did Earth ever come up on that mission? It must've, at least in context enough. Or is this a coincidence? ]

[Lex thought about highschool. He had never gone to school himself but Earth was the only place he heard it called that. Maybe he shouldn't have said anything. He hoped to let Lex know he wasn't alone, but maybe he was projecting his own loneliness onto him.]

Yes. It's hard to describe how I know it's gone, but it is.

Not normally no. Earth's connection to my world is complicated. In the past people from Earth were banished there but that truth was buried. Any connection to Earth that carried over was cleverly hidden as stories about the ancient gods. Me and my friends happened to find an ancient portal in time.

[ ... Sheesh, what an amazing story. It's hard to describe how he knows it's gone? A portal that connects Earth and there? There's so many ways that can play out and this guy happened to be at the center of all of it? Lex was unsettled enough to have the experiences he'd had back with switching with Mitsuko, experiencing Gojo's memories... to have this guy know so much and have some inverted tale. ... Mmm ]

Ah well.

I'm sorry for you have experienced some stuff like that then

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