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[dolorous_sensei]

*Walt watches a recording of the experimentees. Fine pilots, now turned into gibbering messes.*

"...I can see everything now."

"They're everywhere."

"I can see them even with my eyes closed!"

"They're staring at me. I can't rest... Please make them stop watching me..."

*The experimentee keeps on gibbering. Walt turns the video off. He involuntarily grabs his bandaged arm.*

"So they can see it too now." He says.

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[star_of_sad]

[Setsuko was watching from afar, but she can only take so much of the recording before it becomes impossible to bear.]

...

[While trying to discretely retreat, she bumps into something, making enough noise to alert Walt to her presence.]

[dolorous_sensei]

Oh, hey Setsuko.

Fancy seeing you here. You won't be able to watch clearly from there. You should move closer.

[star_of_sad]

I'm not sure I want to.

No, I definitely don't want to! Why did this happen? Is it because those people had your... eyes, transplanted?

[dolorous_sensei]

I think so... What else could be the reason?

[star_of_sad]

But then....

Why aren't you like them, Walt? They are seeing everything you see all the time, right?

[dolorous_sensei]

What can I say? What I'm seeing might be disturbing, yes. But they don't actually affect me. I'm more concerned on things like, what do I do if I got discharged from the military? I have no other skill. Now THAT'S scary.

[star_of_sad]

You are always concerned about something that puts you in despair...

Wait! Could that be it?

[cloningblues]

...Tell me these people were volunteers.

[dolorous_sensei]

Would that make you or them feel better?

[cloningblues]

It's not about feeling better.

It's about whether what happened in this experiment was a horrible accident, or downright illegal.

[dolorous_sensei]

The end result is the same, though.

[cloningblues]

Damnit! Why! Why did it work for you, but not for them?

[dolorous_sensei]

What can I say? What I'm seeing might be disturbing, yes. But they don't actually affect me. I'm more concerned on things like, what do I do if I got discharged from the military? I have no other skill. Now THAT'S scary.

[cloningblues]

Those horrible monsters from the other side don't scare you at all?

...I think I understand...

[actuallyselfish]

"That..." Dido swallows and gulps. "That statement sort of implies that you see sanity-crushing horrific images on a daily basis, Walt. Uh..."

[dolorous_sensei]

I do. There's something crawling on you from my point of view, by the way.

*Walt answers shortly*

[actuallyselfish]

Dido, to her credit, immediately tries brushing the invisible thing off her face, then her shoulder. "Is it gone? Dido I drive it off? Am I looking extremely stupid at the moment?"

[dolorous_sensei]

Nah, don't worry about it. That's why I'm not going insane about it. As nauseating as they look like, they never bothers us. I'm more concerned about things like physical bullets! And my future! Do you know how scary the future is?