“I made a cut. A cut that always bleeds. No matter what I do, it just.. keeps bleeding. It never heals. Unless if you fix it for me.”

“We looked for you everywhere, y’know. It was like a really fun, really murderous game of hide-and-seek.”

“Well, well well. Look what the cat dragged in. Or should I say, what we dragged out of this pathetic little life.”

“It’s funny how everything we called precious is being reduced to ash. Mine, yours, our memories. Do you think we’ll become one of them too?”<...

“I keep messing up. You don’t have to pretend for my sake. I know I’m too much. You deserve a better friend.”

...

“Don’t go dying on me now, who else am I going to annoy? Those filthy nobles are way too boring for someone like me.”

“You’re still here? Why? You should watch someone else, someone more talented, not a husk like me.”

<...

“You’re just like the rest of them. You’ll go “Oh no, are you okay?” one day and then ignore me like I’m fine the next when I’m clearly not, so why...

“Maybe... the moon loved me once. But love, to gods, love is just another kind of abandonment.”

“You’re the only one who understands me, my brilliant scientist. Don’t make me replace you.”

“Originality is rare nowadays. Art is dead. And I’m the idiot who didn’t realise it sooner.”

“No need to look so afraid. Everything’s fine. It’s just another journey.”

“The children will miss you dearly. But don’t worry—they forget easily.”

“Look, if I haven’t ran away from my problems yet, yours can’t be that bad.”

“Tell me to leave. Tell me you hate me. Lie to me, just this once.”

“I’m trying. I’m really trying. So please, look at me. Just this once.”

“I’m trying. I’m always trying. Why isn’t it ever good enough?”

“Was it fun? Telling people my secrets? Was my trust really that cheap to you?”

“Why can’t I just be normal? Why am I like this?”

⌞ 七 ⌝

“I’ll wait. However long it takes. Even if it’s forever.”

⌞ 六...

“You promised you’d always stop me. So stop me now. Yell at me. Do something.

“Go on, scream all you want. No one will hear you.”

⌞ 三 ⌝

“Why can’t you come back? Please, just once... say something. Please don’t go.”