By  shark-dragon

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"Garr."

"..."

"Garras."

"It's gone Fen. They took it."

"They had to Garras."

"I close my eye. I open my eye."

"..."

"And it's black no matter what Fen."

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"And you know what they do? They give you a fake eyeball. They give you an eyepatch."

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"And no one tells you that it's not for you Fen. They don't tell you that it's so other people don't have to look at the ruined socket that used to hold your eye. Because that's not what people want to see. They want to pretend everything is fine when it isn't. They don't want to see that nothing is guaranteed and that everything crumbles."

"..."

"It's a pretty good joke. I wish I'd thought of it."

"No matter what happens Garras... You're always going to look like my brother. You're not any less than you were before... You're not broken or defective. You're always going to be Garras. Now get out of bed. You have better things to do than rot."

"..."

"I mean it. Let's go outside and practice your left hook. No amount of words is going to change the fact that you've got a blindspot you have to protect. So get up. You're still strong. And if anyone gives you shit, you give them hell."

"..."

"..."

"...Okay."

"Okay... And leave the eyepatch. Until you're ready to face the world."

"Thank you Fen."

"Don't thank me yet. There's still a long road ahead of us."

"I'm ready for it."

"Not yet. But you will be."