Of course I am! How -- how did you do that? No... [ that's not what they should ask. ] Is this - permanent? Can you make all of it go away?
[ the words fall out of their mouth before they can stop them - before they're sure if that's what they want. Without the poison, they'd just be a regular gem - one with a hardness of 2.0, perfectly useless, just when they'd found purpose. Their heart is so full of conflict; the mercury still tailing them in the air shakes and spikes in tempo with their aggravation. ]
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[ the words fall out of their mouth before they can stop them - before they're sure if that's what they want. Without the poison, they'd just be a regular gem - one with a hardness of 2.0, perfectly useless, just when they'd found purpose. Their heart is so full of conflict; the mercury still tailing them in the air shakes and spikes in tempo with their aggravation. ]