[ but it's starry behind the drop of his eyelids, colors and grit flashing through the black. dune after dune. a guardrail's rusting curve silvered over. impact -- a shock singing up his bones. salt painted along the roof of his mouth, softer than blood or metal, and a name twisting in his throat like a live coal. i'm not counting that one --
and gone, leaving only his fingertips clinging to a sleeve, the metal-cool spread of a familiar hand. clear eyes staring, caught.
he swallows. ]
I don't know what I remember. I get -- flashes. When you talk about things you remember. But those could be anything. We don't even know if we're remembering the exact same things.
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[ but it's starry behind the drop of his eyelids, colors and grit flashing through the black. dune after dune. a guardrail's rusting curve silvered over. impact -- a shock singing up his bones. salt painted along the roof of his mouth, softer than blood or metal, and a name twisting in his throat like a live coal. i'm not counting that one --
and gone, leaving only his fingertips clinging to a sleeve, the metal-cool spread of a familiar hand. clear eyes staring, caught.
he swallows. ]
I don't know what I remember. I get -- flashes. When you talk about things you remember. But those could be anything. We don't even know if we're remembering the exact same things.
[ as his fingers tighten - ]
But I wanna test something.