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Noah Campbell

"This is Noah. Leave a message."

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early september;

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Noah?

do you have a minute to talk?

early september;

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[Oh that's only the most terrifying text message starter someone can get.]

sure?
what is it?

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you know how we talked about Pharos before?

I got a memory of him

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you did? holy shit.
what was it about?

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he was saying goodbye

I don't know why he was leaving

but he said he had his memory back and he had some sort of role to play

Noah, I'm freaking out

Pharos looks exactly like Ryoji did when he was little

I haven't seen him in person but the Pharos in my memory and the Pharos I've been texting

I'm 100% sure they're the same

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[There's a pause before he replies with the most apt reaction to that]

shit.

[Because really WHAT ELSE DOES ONE SAY TO THAT? Pharos might be Ryoji but as a kid? But he clearly didn't remember-]

i have no fucking idea how thatd be possible but
thats pretty normal for our lives now.
do you think it has something to do with thanatos?
like...maybe theyre both thanatos somehow?

[he has no idea, he feels like he's grasping at straws here. ]

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a little kid like him, Thanatos??

it's bad enough that Ryoji has to go through all of that, but a little kid too...

god

what the hell kind of messed up world did I live in

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little kids go through fucked up shit in this world too.

its just easier to pretend otherwise in this world, thats the only difference.

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yeah, you're right

sorry

...do you think I should talk to him about this??

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uh no??
hes a little kid for fuck sake!

[EVEN IF LITTLE KIDS GO THROUGH TERRIBLE SHIT DOESN'T MEAN YOU DON"T TRY TO SHELTER THEM SOME]

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and if Pharos IS Thanatos somehow

if he's already gotten the memories??

he told me there was nobody here who would remember him, Noah

said there was nothing here for him, and that he had no reason to stay

if I can reach out to him, help him not feel so lonely...

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reach out to him by spending time with him.
thats all kids actually want.
someone to actually spend time with them and give two shits about them.

but if he doesnt remember this shit, you shouldnt go dumping it on him to assuage your own issues.
hes too young for that.

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[Cue a big, tired sigh at her phone. She's still uneasy, and something inside her itches to lay everything on the table to Pharos, but he has a point.]

okay

no memory talk

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thank you.

i mean if he brings it up first
go ahead but

[He's just a kid. Exposing a kid too early to the darkness of the world just makes for fucked up bastards like him.]