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⠀ ⠀— ⠀ Ah.ᐟ
The laugh was genuine, but not dismissive.
⠀ ⠀— ⠀I'm almost certain that what I did to your head shouldn't have turned you into an idiot . . . is there some kind of trick to it.ᐣ
They're dreaming, he's in total control, but he is paranoid.
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( Head tilted in @Tenebrarumdeus’s lap, journal in hand. Is this a dream.ᐣ It’s likely. But on this rare occasion, the comfort & hand tangled in his hair is welcomed. )
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& even though he was aware of the dangers, still Stanford found himself offering himself as tribute. ) I’m serious. Leave. Him. Alone. There’s no need to target him when I’m right h͟e͟r͟e.
Bill, ( It’s desperate, stuttered. Bile tickled his throat & his skin 𝒄rawled. Familiar with Cipher’s branding already—– his body a shining example —but the prospect of doing it to a 𝒃oy made him sick. )
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⠀ ⠀— ⠀ For one miserable second I was worried, you know .ᐣ I thought my head had started playing tricks on me. But I'm not a man easy to trick .ᐟ
Bill straightened his back, never stopping smiling as he tilted his head left and right. [+]
N— 𝑁o, that’s not—– ( Panic blossomed & he began to protest & That disgusting, unsettling trickle down his spine made its unpleasant return. For a moment, he forgot who he was talking to; Foolishly antagonising a 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛, https://t.co/uqesMosUbM
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⠀ ⠀— ⠀ . . . So you're fine with me visiting him.ᐣ I CAN visit him .ᐣ
Bill's face changed expression so quickly (a smile so big it made him squint) that it looked like one image superimposed on another without transition, tilting his neck.
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Really.ᐣ ‘Cause it seems you were 𝑠weating just a second ago. Besides —– If I can teach a monkey hopped up on cold medicine & heroin to use a gun, Dipper will be a piece of cake.
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⠀ ⠀— ⠀Sixer, Pine doesn't have the intelligence to use weapons, he doesn't have the intelligence to catch baseballs. He's going to hurt himself AND THAT'S MY JOB.
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