silverking | ✖ IC CONTACT #3

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✖ IC CONTACT #3

This is Isley.

Please leave a message, but only if you have something important to say.

...everything about it is confusing. I don't see how you don't see it.

You say nice things and compliment me and say you loved... her. Me. The other me. And then you... destroy my home? Compromise my ethics? And you already admitted to manipulating me so how can I not wonder how much was real?

That's... confusing.

I claimed to love you, and I do. I never claimed to be good at it.

[...]

[Priscilla blinks a few times.]

That sounds. Honest.

That's because it is.

[there's a sigh, and the sound of her rubbing her face.]

I promised myself that I wouldn't make any decisions about you until I get all the pieces back into place. But my head is...

...my head is full of. Things. And memories. And feelings.

I know of a place that might help you put things into perspective . . . if you'll allow me to take you there.

[skeptical silence. or maybe it's a considering silence. hard to tell the difference.]

I...

...where?

Someplace special near the waterfront. It is within the city's confines completely.

...I...

[Fresh air would likely do the pair of us some good. Do you feel up to a walk?]

[She glances down, and fiddles with her sleeve.]

...all right. I do like the water.