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[vlogged]

are you ok?
is she
i mean
mays here too but shes locked in the apartment
but ben
hes different
karen cant see him and he keeps telling me to stay away from may and
i hate this place

[quipsandthwips]

[What a damn coincidence. He's got May in his apartment, too — locked in his bathroom, because she had absolutely stabbed him in the shoulder with one of his rinky-dink kitchen knives at one point. It's. Something. It's fine, everything's fine, he always heals up in a couple days, as a Peter Parker does.]

Okay as can be
Hey, don't worry about little ol me, huh?
Is he

one of the ghosts?
Not like May.
He might not be dangerous. Do you need me to come over?

[vlogged]

were friends arent we?
so of course im gonna worry about you

i cant touch him so
i guess that makes him a ghost?
he can talk to me though

you dont have to come but
if you want to meet him i dont think hed mind

[quipsandthwips]

Absolutely friends, so good point.


I wouldn't mind saying hi.
It's been a long time for me, since I've gotten to hear from him.

[Eight years, man. Eight years feels surreal. That's half of your life, there, kiddo.]

He's not saying anything awful to you, is he? Making you feel horrible?
Sometimes this place does that. If it does, it's not Ben. Ben'd never do that to you.

[vlogged]

hes ben
of course he wouldnt

[considering the worst thing he's said is to stay away from may (and to quit holding on to certain grudges), he has absolutely no doubt that the man is really who he seems to be]

ben said
he told me he doesnt blame me
that he's proud of me
of both of us
thats how i know its him
if it wasnt really him hed never say that

[quipsandthwips]

[... Huh. Boy, that smarts. He's trying not to envision Ben telling him he's proud of him, because it's already hard enough to think about May telling him as much.]

Good.
Look, my place is not a great space to be right about now but
if you want to hang out for a little while at the school, I've got a science room there.
I usually whip up web fluid there, if you need something to do.

[vlogged]

i cant
i want to
but i cant leave them here

maybe another time?

[quipsandthwips]

If you say so, kiddo.
Just


make sure you put some time aside for yourself.
I can come over and make sure she's okay. If you need to leave at all.
Get your thoughts figured out, or anything like that.
Once the event ends, maybe they'll vanish.
Sometimes they do.