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HELLO

"..."

GOODBYE

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[selfconcept]

"Having your existence denied is rather painful when there's someone who has the power to do it."

[ There's a small wry expression on his face. ]

"That and... being the Concept of Self goes out of wack when I suddenly don't even feel my own sense of self. It's like being told that someone is the god of healing but can't heal."

[paenitete]

You're powerful. Probably one of the most powerful beings I've met, from what you've told me. What kind of thing were you up against that could deny your existence?

[selfconcept]

"A book."

[ It sounds so stupid, but it is what it is. ]

"It was a book with my name as the title. I was strongly convinced that it was representative of everything I was."

[paenitete]

Maybe it's not the book itself, but whatever it was that was influencing your thoughts like that.

[ the cyoa runner... smashes through the fourth wall.

it's terrifying, that hien is still human as much as he is that concept, that ethereal being, that his emotions or thoughts can change him or destabilize him.

she sets her hand back on his arm anyway. ]

...Are you okay?

[selfconcept]

[ By the powers that be...

Sometimes, Hien isn't sure whether he's retaining the human qualities that he once had or if he's pretending really hard to act like one to the point he has become his mask. ]

"I wasn't fine back then, but I'm a lot better now."