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Chapter 12: Down Memory Lane
Luxinia and Baelia attempt to understand the Grey Painter as they walk with him through his memories.
Grey Painter
What…what’s happening? Why can I see all this?
Luxinia
It’s okay. We are in your memories.
Grey Painter
How is this possible…?
Luxinia
I brought us here. I can feel you are troubled, Ozzy. Please, let me—
Grey Painter
Don’t call me that!
Luxinia
I’m sorry. I just want to—
Grey Painter
No! No! I don’t want to be here! Let me go!
Baelia
We can’t do that. If you just trust us…
Grey Painter
I said I don’t want to be here!! I don’t want to see these memories again! Let me go or I’ll…
Grey Painter
I’ll…
Luxinia
This is a memory. You don’t have your brush here.
Luxinia
Please, I know you don’t know us, but we only want to help.
Ozzy
There’s no helping me…
Grey Painter
I said, let me GO!!!
Baelia
You want people to understand you, right?
Baelia
I think I can help with that…
Baelia
But to do that, you have to trust us. Just for a little while.
Grey Painter
…
Grey Painter
…What do I have to do?
Baelia
We want you to take us through your memories.
Grey Painter
N-n-no. No, I don’t want to!
Baelia
It’s the only way to help us better understand.
Grey Painter
Wait…what about Vira? I have to find her–-
Luxinia
Please don’t worry. Vira is fine.
Grey Painter
Sh-she is?
Luxinia
Time works differently here. Only mere seconds have passed for those outside.
Baelia
She won't even notice you're gone. We'll be out before any of them can blink… I think.
Luxinia
That’s right. All you have to do is take us through what you think is important. Then we can all go back.
Grey Painter
I can’t…I can’t go through it again.
Luxinia
You won’t be able to interact with anything in the memory or vice versa. All you need to do is think back on how this all started, and I will do the rest.
Baelia
Do you think you can do that?
Grey Painter
...I can try.