[He really doesn't know. But how is he supposed to come to any other conclusion? He doesn't remember being rescued the water, nor did it seem like he was in good shape at the time he does recall last. He's never been a strong swimmer...
Basil shakes his head a little, bringing his hands up to his face, his eyes wide because he didn't...want to tell Max this. But he did anyway. And it's made the guilt...not better, exactly, but maybe less heavy. Just by a fraction.]
I'm...I'm s-sorry, I don't know why I...
[This is why he didn't want to be around anyone. If he's liable to say anything right now, then-!
His breath catches, and the melody hits him again, like a wave crashing over his head, and the words tumble from his mouth unbidden.]
A-aubrey pushed me in...Sunny and Kel were t-there too, but...they weren't...S-sunny wasn't...he wasn't...
["Sunny" may be familiar, since he cried out for Sunny during his changes.
Aubrey certainly is, since he mistook Max for her, at one point.]
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Date: 2023-04-22 09:11 pm (UTC)[He really doesn't know. But how is he supposed to come to any other conclusion? He doesn't remember being rescued the water, nor did it seem like he was in good shape at the time he does recall last. He's never been a strong swimmer...
Basil shakes his head a little, bringing his hands up to his face, his eyes wide because he didn't...want to tell Max this. But he did anyway. And it's made the guilt...not better, exactly, but maybe less heavy. Just by a fraction.]
I'm...I'm s-sorry, I don't know why I...
[This is why he didn't want to be around anyone. If he's liable to say anything right now, then-!
His breath catches, and the melody hits him again, like a wave crashing over his head, and the words tumble from his mouth unbidden.]
A-aubrey pushed me in...Sunny and Kel were t-there too, but...they weren't...S-sunny wasn't...he wasn't...
["Sunny" may be familiar, since he cried out for Sunny during his changes.
Aubrey certainly is, since he mistook Max for her, at one point.]