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[devoutish]

A school filled to the brim with men who talk like you.

[bywolves]

[ Royce rolls his eyes, though it's mostly hidden. It does come out in his tone, though. ]

Men who talk like me. [ Pshhh. ] As if your accent isn't something to make fun of. Pot making fun of the kettle.

[devoutish]

My accent isn't something to make fun of.

[ :) ]

[bywolves]

Is that so, mate? Your accent's nothing to make fun of? [ Royce parrots back, in that heavy cockney accent. ]

[devoutish]

Well, it is when it sounds like that.

[But really, Royce's Cockney accent is frighteningly good by now.]

[bywolves]

[ He has had a lot of practice. Royce smiles, shifting to lay on his back. And then grimaces because ow. ]

[devoutish]

All right?

[Alfie nudges Royce's shoulder with his.]

[bywolves]

Mm. Sore. Are you not? [ He rubs a bit at his neck. ]

[devoutish]

I am, but I'm used to being sore. Move slowly. That'll help.

[bywolves]

Mm. [ He shifts a little more slowly, and then closes his eyes. ] Been sore before, I just wasn't expecting it now. Makes sense, I guess, after... after what happened.

[devoutish]

How much of it do you think was imaginary?

[bywolves]

I don't know. Half, maybe.

[devoutish]

Mm. I wonder if that barrier was ever really there.

[bywolves]

Doubt it. [ Royce sighs. ] They've screwed with so much of our heads, I'm sure that they can make us believe it.

[devoutish]

[He pats Royce's hand, nestling his head into the crook of his neck.]

I do not like being locked away from you, listening to you in pain.

[bywolves]

I don't like being locked way from you, either. [ Royce murmurs, glancing at Alfie. His chest feels tight from how much he feels hearing that. ]

It wasn't as bad as it could've been. I'm glad for that.

[devoutish]

When they first dragged me out...

[He trails off. He doesn't need to tell Royce what he'd been thinking - they'd both been thinking it.]

[bywolves]

[ Royce holds onto Alfie a little more tightly. ]

Do you remember - when we had all those other memories. [ Like the time the Noisy Black happened to Alfie instead of Royce. ]

[devoutish]

Mm. Yeah.

[He still has trouble remembering what was real and what wasn't, sometimes.]

[bywolves]

I was afraid that was about to happen.

[devoutish]

You were afraid that what was about to--

[Oh. Wait.]

D'you mean when you attacked me?

[bywolves]

I was afraid that either you'd come back broken, or I'd wake up and have broken you myself.

[devoutish]

[Oh, Royce. Alfie pets his hair.]

It takes a lot to break me, mate.

[bywolves]

[ He grits his teeth. ]

And I know how to do it. [ Or at least, he did in that alternate timeline. ]

[devoutish]

[... Okay, he has a point, but.]

I wouldn't've stayed broken forever.