[ It hits him with a jolt, a few-second stretch of shocked silence. Stephen's never once thought about it in those terms, not here and not any time before, but he's - right.
And still: what else is there to do? He's dangerous. Terrified. And the very real risk of transformation looms ever closer the longer that goes on. ]
... I'll reach out when I'm back.
[ Thank you implicates. Sorry is hollow when he's going to do it anyway. This will have to do. ]
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And still: what else is there to do? He's dangerous. Terrified. And the very real risk of transformation looms ever closer the longer that goes on. ]
... I'll reach out when I'm back.
[ Thank you implicates. Sorry is hollow when he's going to do it anyway. This will have to do. ]