(i think i've had enough for now)
#11 of El Primero de los Misterios Dolorosos
THIS IS A DREAM - https://www.sofurry.com/view/1722888
YOU'RE... SOMEONE ELSE - https://www.sofurry.com/view/1723005
[I THINK I'VE HAD ENOUGH FOR NOW]
Leo: I'd really rather just... talk. To you.
He's smiling, but if I squint I can see the blank expression through the smile.
Chase: Allright Leo.
Leo: Chase, I still love you.
Leo: I can't imagine anything hurting more than losing you did.
Leo: Than it still does.
Leo: And this? Whatever and wherever this is? Getting to just... be with you, with him. It's good. It's so good it hurts.
Leo: But...
I have to swallow hard to go on.
Leo: But you're... not Chase.
He's shocked for a heartbeat. Then he's just upset.
Leo: You're not my otter.
Leo: Are you?
It's genuinely hard to look at him. It's like looking at the pages of a flipbook on him flashing through different hurt, angry, frightened expressions. Pretty soon it's just different versions of the blank look.
He looks at me for a long time.
Chase: I mean...
For half a second I'd swear he's about to attack me.
Chase: I could be.
Chase: If you want me to.
His shape stops changing. He's back, but his clothes are different. White shirt, rolled up sleeves. Tan suspenders. Brown pants.
Leo: I... don't know what that means.
Chase: What do you think it means?
[THIS IS A DREAM]
[YOU'RE... SOMEONE ELSE]