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crowspace2016-10-13 12:52 pm
learnedguilt) wrote in crowspace2016-10-13 12:52 pm
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For dreampeddler.
It hadn't worked.
It probably would have worked if the officials hadn't picked right then to take him out of jail, to reward him for 'succeeding in the program'. Try as he might, Russell isn't going to win any fair fights with an adult.
So now he's here in a psychiatric ward, without access to anything that might be used to hurt himself, and under near-constant watch.
He's not expecting visitors. Who would come by? His aunt? She doesn't care about him one bit. He doesn't even expect her to take him back after this.
So he has a look of blank confusion on his face when he enters the visitor's area, having been told about two minutes ago that someone was here to see him.
It probably would have worked if the officials hadn't picked right then to take him out of jail, to reward him for 'succeeding in the program'. Try as he might, Russell isn't going to win any fair fights with an adult.
So now he's here in a psychiatric ward, without access to anything that might be used to hurt himself, and under near-constant watch.
He's not expecting visitors. Who would come by? His aunt? She doesn't care about him one bit. He doesn't even expect her to take him back after this.
So he has a look of blank confusion on his face when he enters the visitor's area, having been told about two minutes ago that someone was here to see him.
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Russel's an exception because-- well, that's just what happens when you've been in enough life-threatening situations with someone, right? You warm up to them, even if only a little.
"That so? Though, I can't imagine the food here being that good. It's fine to be honest about this stuff, y'know!"
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Which says less about where he is now and more about where he was.
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Okay, so maybe trying to make light of the situation isn't the best move he could've made, but Raymond was never good at...all this. It's weird enough for him to feel any kind of worry, so he pretends he doesn't.
"Oh yeah, I talked to Fairia and the others before coming here. They send their regards." At least this wasn't a lie. "They'll probably come down to see you as well, sometime."
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It's an actual question.
"I can understand why you'd come, because you said you would, but they didn't promise me anything."
Some people consider promises important. That's a lot easier to understand and believe than any notion that someone would sincerely care about his wellbeing, especially people he's only known for a few days.