[Maybe if he hadn't seen them a few times already - if he hadn't seen them and known that they weren't real, known that they couldn't be, he'd be more ready to accept it. But even if they are, there's no guarantee that this will...last.]
[That they'll be there when he wakes up.]
[That plateau of no hope whatsoever is easier to manage, overall, than the spike and trough of allowing himself to believe in something impossible. Even for a moment. Even if they are impossible, even if they do impossible things by nature, by rote.]
No. I've been taking care of it, just...y'know, in case you come back.
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[That they'll be there when he wakes up.]
[That plateau of no hope whatsoever is easier to manage, overall, than the spike and trough of allowing himself to believe in something impossible. Even for a moment. Even if they are impossible, even if they do impossible things by nature, by rote.]
No. I've been taking care of it, just...y'know, in case you come back.