backdated to 8/28

[coppelganger]

[SO, ALISON IS TOTALLY CRAZY...]

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[staysafe]

Honestly, you should just be icing this. But I'll clean up the cuts and stick a band-aid on something, and hopefully that should be the end of it.

[coppelganger]

What are you, some kinda doctor now?

[she sounds more curious than accusatory, though]

[staysafe]

[he looks down, going through the kit]

Maxine needed all the hands she could get while I was recovering.

[coppelganger]

Your leg?

[staysafe]

[shrugs]

I was in the hospital already, so...

[coppelganger]

... How'd that happen?

[staysafe]

[he hesitates for a second]

I was stabbed.

[coppelganger]

Shit.

[clearly wasn't expecting that]

[staysafe]

It's been a while, now.

[coppelganger]

How long?

[staysafe]

[dabbing some antiseptic on a pad]

A little less than a year, back home.

[coppelganger]

That's not too long.

[staysafe]

I guess. But with everything else...

[shrugs, then holds up the pad, as if asking permission]

[coppelganger]

[inclines her head the tiniest bit toward him. go ahead, do your worst]

Yeah. I know what you mean.

[staysafe]

[gently going over anywhere there's been a break in the skin]

I mean, there's also the time I've spent here, but...

[coppelganger]

[wincing]

I'm guessing that aside from random bouts of psychosis and kidnappings, this has been a kind of vacation for you, too?

[staysafe]

... It's a little more complicated than that.

[coppelganger]

Yeah?

[staysafe]

I mean, there's the obvious. I'm not going to deny that.

[coppelganger]

Oh.

[awkward, she's used to pretty much ignoring the zombies]

Yeah.

[staysafe]

Technically it's safer, and... there's a lot of things I'm not used to having anymore. I mean, god, I never thought I'd see the internet again. Not like it was. But...

[he trails off, shrugging a little, before starting to sift through the first aid kit again]

[coppelganger]

Yeah. Uh, honestly, for me, it's weird to have my own room and a laptop and... it's not nearly the same, I know, but... I get how it's complicated. Being here.

[staysafe]

[he smiles a little, pulling out a couple butterfly bandages]

I think people just think it's weird I want to go home.

[coppelganger]

There are people there.

[staysafe]

Leaving everyone behind was hard enough once. I don't think I could do it twice.

[and starting to stick them on to the most obvious cuts]