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False Miracles: Chapter 9

“Okay, again.”

Jane says softly.

Sebastia aims the gun at the target Jane set up.

“Safety off. Pull back the hammer. And then fire.”

Sebastia takes in her gentle words and follows the instructions. Safety off. Pull back the hammer. Aim. Fire.

Sebastia squeezes the trigger, a loud bang ringing through the dense forest. She hit the bottom left of the target, her aim getting better, but it’s still not great.

“Oh, come on, Sebby you gotta do better than that if you want to survive here.” Toby’s arms are crossed over his chest as he leans against a tree.

“Toby, stop it. How about you say something nice for once?” Jane slightly scolds Toby as she puts a new magazine in the handgun.

“Fine. I love the way you miss the target, Sebby.”

“I didn’t miss. There’s a hole right in it!” Sebastia felt herself getting mad at Toby’s constant insults and remarks. It was already stressful enough being here. Even more stressful having to survive multiple forms of danger when just a few months ago, Sebastia was living a normal life.

“Yeah, barely.” Toby was going even harder on his snarky remarks and cruel humor. Sebastia didn’t understand why. They seemed to get along better just hours ago. Was it something she said? Or was he just like this? While it’s true he’s usually just like this, Toby seemed even crueler.

“Ignore him.” Jane hands the gun back to Sebastia. Jane has noticed Toby’s slight change in behavior as well. She finds it irritating. Toby’s more emotional than he’ll care to admit. Something must have set him off to act this way.

Sebastia aims the gun at the target again, following the instructions and pulling the trigger. Another loud bang followed by a new hole in the target. Better than last time. Closer to the middle and higher on the right side this time.

“Nice.” Jane gives a short but genuine compliment. “I think you’ll almost have this down by the end of the day.”

“Thank you.” Sebastia accepts the compliment. It’s nice to hear one after Toby’s berating.

Over and over Sebasta keeps aiming and shooting, getting better and better each time. All she can think about is how before this moment, she would never even dream of holding a gun. Now she’s firing one in the hopes that she can defend herself from the dangers that will inevitably find her. In the back of her mind she knew this wasn’t enough. She knew she still wasn’t strong enough.

Toby watches on in pure anger. Why did she learn what Jane taught her so fast? Why didn’t Sebastia learn what he was trying to teach her? He should be happy she’s learning at all, but he’s not. Toby wants to be the one to help and teach her. The only one. It’s not fair that he found Sebastia in the woods and other people are trying to interfere with his part of this project.

“Oh! You’re a fast learner! Good job!” Jane congratulated her with a smile.

She was happy to see Sebastia learning so fast. Jane was also happy she was somehow repaying Sebastia after the trouble she brought. Even though she was just doing her job an assignment, Jane felt bad for attacking what seemed to be a not so dangerous woman, despite what her intel made her believe. She was risking it all letting Sebastia live.

It would be easier to just kill her, or not teach her combat at all. Let her die. But she couldn’t. That must be her humanity coming through. Jane can’t stand watching innocent people suffer. She thought Sebastia was causing the suffering of innocent people, but to find out it was the other way around was heartbreaking. A woman just trying to live her normal life until it was taken. Sort of like Jane herself.

“Is there…a way I can get this down by today?” Sebastia asked her.

Jane nods. “You’re almost there. Here.”

Jane goes behind Sebastia adjusting her leg and arm, pointing the gun Sebastia’s holding straight at the target.

“You’re so tense. Loosen up a bit so the kick back isn’t so harsh. Just a bit. You still want to be in control of the gun.”

Jane puts her white hand, over Sebastia’s pitch black one, running her hand up and down her arm showing how tense Sebastia is, putting her hand over Sebastia’s once again adjusting the gun.

Jane talks behind Sebastia adjusting her as she talks. Her touch is gentle and soft along with her voice. Normally Sebastia would lash out at the touch. But Jane was different. She’s gentle with Sebastia. Maybe Sebastia is just shoving the feeling down. Maybe it’s because Jane’s a woman. But Sebastia found herself loving Jane’s contact, her face heating up but her expression not changing.

“Go.”

Sebastia pulls the trigger with Jane’s guidance. Hitting the target right in the middle.

“Bullseye.” Jane says softly, but smugly behind Sebastia, still holding her.

“Oh I get it now…” Sebastia thinks out loud.

She’s quickly pulled out of her thoughts by the feeling of Toby pushing Jane off Sebastia, harshly.

“Toby what the hell?!” Sebastia scolds and questions him. She doesn’t understand what’s gotten into him. His smug and confident but in a weird way cruelly cheerful and sarcastic self being replaced by someone so angry for seemingly nothing. Of course Toby was never nice, but this felt different.

“Oh now you don’t mind touch?”

“What?! What is your problem?! I’m just learning how to shoot a gun to defend myself! That’s it!”

“Does she have to touch you to do that?!”

Toby looks furious. His brows furrowed while he glared at both of them.

“What is the big deal?! What’s wrong with you?!”

“It’s a problem when I touch you during training. You break down, push me off, bitch and moan about your past or whatever, but she does it and it’s fine?! Welcomed even!”

“Why does that make you mad? Why do you care?”

“Because it’s not fair! I’m the one that helped you out in the first place! Why does Jane get to do things I can’t?!”

“You sound ridiculous. You think you’re entitled to me because you found me? Am I supposed to worship the ground you walk on?”

“Never said that, did I? What I said was, it’s not fucking fair, Sebastia! It makes no sense! I’m supposed to be the one helping and training you. You won’t let me, but you let her, the person who’s assigned to kill you, just put her hands all over you. Our training was going fine until she came and took it over!”

Toby has always been a jealous person. Occasionally self centered as well. This was one of those times where it showed completely.

“You both can help me! Like I said, I need any help I can get! I’m trying to survive here, Toby!”

“You don’t need her to do that! I can teach you how to fight! Anyone who can shoot a gun can teach you!”

“But you don’t know about the creature in my body or a cure! She does! I’m trying to get out of this place, but I just need to stay alive until then! That’s my main focus right now! That’s all this is!”

The mention of trying to leave made Toby even more mad. Almost filling him with guilt, knowing that her dream of leaving would never come, even if she was cured.

“Toby stop it. Now.” Jane speaks firmly. “You’re loosing it for no reason.”

“Bullshit.”

“And how is that?”

“If a man came and attacked her today, you think he’s gonna wait till she’s comfortable and respect her stupid little boundaries?!”

“Of course not! But we don’t need to force her today. She’s obviously not ready to be touched by a man, including you! Have some damn empathy!”

Jane crosses her arms and tilts her head and squints her eyes in pure disbelief.

“Toby, just stop!” Sebastia cuts in, yelling. The thought of being defenseless against an attacker, scaring her to her core. Toby was right, even though he was being awful about it.

“You’re right. I do need to learn quickly. I can almost feel them looking for me. If Jane can find me in days…then I’m sure others won’t be far behind. To be honest, I feel like hitting you anyway. You’ve been ruder than usual.”

Sebastia hands the guns to Jane. Walking over to Toby.

“You’re getting more assertive, Sebastia. I like it.” Toby’s smug attitude started to come back.

“Oh, so you wanted Sebastia’s attention. You could’ve just said that, you know.”

“Shut it, Jane. Sit back and watch the real training go down.”

Sebastia rolls her eyes. “Okay, Toby you have my attention. Teach me.”

“Gladly.”

Toby rushes her, punching her as hard as he can in the stomach, making her fall to the ground.

“Toby! What the hell are you doing?!” Jane shouts at him.

“What does it look like I’m doing? Teaching her. I hear pain is the best teacher, although I wouldn’t know.” He’s fully smug and sarcastic again. As if he was never even upset.

To his surprise, Sebastia shakily gets up.

“Look at you. Better than yesterday already.”

“Toby, you’re going too hard!”

“No. I’m not!”

Toby looks directly at Sebastia, a serious slightly angry look on his face.

“You’re not as fragile and weak as you think, Sebby. I’m so sick of that look on your face.”

“What look?! Huh?!”

“That scared and helpless one you have sometimes. It pisses me off!”

“Why?! It doesn’t affect you in any way!”

“Because you’re not weak and helpless! You have a monster inside you for fucks sake! I’ve seen weakness and that’s not you! If you were as weak as you thought, I would’ve just killed you as soon as I found you! You would’ve died back in that lab! That’s what a weak, helpless person would have done!”

This is the first time Sebastia has ever heard him speak with seriousness and passion. He means it. He means every word. Her eyes widen at the realization. That’s what he thinks of her. Out in the open for both of them to hear.

“Remember what I said before, Sebastia. To survive here, you have to be strong. Whatever your old life was, whatever your morals were before, forget it. It won’t help you here. So come on. If you’re strong enough to fight a monster inside you for shared control, you can fight me.”

Sebastia nods running at him this time, still nervous and not completely sure what to do, she copies him, punching him as hard as she can in the stomach. Toby blocks it by turning his body to the side, letting Sebastias fist hit his arm. Sebastia uses her other hand to punch him in the nose, making his head go back from the force.

“There. Was that so hard? Now keep that up. Because I’m done being patient with you.”

The two start to fight, Sebastia still sloppy dodging, getting hit a few times. However she’s slowly getting the hang of it.

Toby swings and kicks at her as hard as he can. He doesn’t want to actually hurt her, but he knows he can’t hold back. He has to get her ready for whatever is ahead. If he holds back, she won’t understand how real this situation is. How real this going to be. If she even has a chance of surviving, this was all necessary. Not to mention she has to be an effective tool for The Slenderman.

“Ow!” Sebastia feels a harsh kick to her upper leg, the part that can still feel pain, which lacked the pitch black color above her knee. She tries to keep standing and dodging but the kick slows her down, letting Toby push her down harshly down to the ground.

“You’d be dead, by the way.”

“Toby, stop being so hard on her! This is only her second time melee fighting!” Jane interrupts.

“Stop coddling her! You’re worried about her? Then she needs to be able to defend herself with and without the creature. When me and you first got here, we both got this treatment! We both had to adapt quickly. Hell, everyone did! Why should it be any different for her?”

“So just because we went through suffering means she has to as well? You know how hard it is here, Toby, why make it harder?”

“God, you and Jack with this be soft on her shit. If this was an actual fight, there would be no softness. Here in this forest, that manor, there is no softness. Why can’t either of you understand that?

“Just because you adapted quickly, doesn’t mean it’s the same for her! Sebastia didn’t have it hard like you!”

“Well she’d better adapt quickly. Or she won’t make it. Good or bad past doesn’t matter here. I’m doing my best to make sure thar she survives! What are you doing?!”

“The same as you! But we don’t have to be this hard!”

Sebastia who had been sitting on the ground thinking and listening to the conversation, stands up. One question on her brain.

“Jane. How did you know I didn’t have it hard?”

Jane’s a bit taken aback. “What?”

“I haven’t told anyone here about my past life. Not even Toby. But you say I didn’t have it hard, like you already know. Why?”

“I just assumed you didn’t. Violence seems new to you. Survival seems new to you. Like you’re not used to it. Like you had a normal life.”

“Hm.”

“Sebby, I told you! She lies and she’s sneaky! That’s why she’s not allowed back in the manor!”

“That’s a lie and you know it Toby. I have nothing to hide. I’m risking my job to be here. I already tried to attack her! I’m telling you both everything I know, what can I possibly be lying about?”

“You’d lie about the color of the sky if it benefited you.”

“Stop it.”

“Both of you just quit it!” Sebastia butts in loudly. “I can’t take you guys arguing anymore! You’re gonna drive me fucking crazy!”

Sebastia turns to Jane, looking her in the eyes.

“Are you hiding something from me?”

“No.” Jane says firmly.

Sebastia turns to Toby, looking him in the eyes as best as she could, although she was severely struggling to.

“Toby. Are you hiding something from me?”

“What?! Why me?!”

“Yes or no.”

Toby looks Sebastia in the eyes trying to meet her gaze, despite her struggle to look in his eyes.

“No.” Toby says firmly, annoyed he even has to answer the question.

Sebastia has no choice but to trust them both. What other choice does she have in this place? She doesn’t fully want to trust them, trying to learn from her past mistake of being too trusting and naive. But she wants to. Not like any other option would help her. She needs both of them.

“Then let’s drop it. I..want to go back. I’ve had enough for today.”

Sebastia hugs herself, her body filled with swirling emotions as she silently walks back, lost in spiraling thoughts.

Toby and Jane exchange a harsh glance, but stay silent following her back.

The walk back is silent. An awkward silence. Fortunately made quick by Sebastias fast walking.

Arriving back and the manor, Sebastia doesn’t even go to the front doors. She grows multiple long mouths of Miracle which she uses to climb up the side of the house like a giant spider to the window of her room. She opens it and slips in, shutting the window behind her.

Jane and Toby watch in fascination.

“Did you know she could do that?” Toby asks Jane in slight shock and curiosity.

“I…honestly never thought of her doing that? I guess…that makes sense that she can use those for multiple forms of movement and mobility.” Jane thinks out loud, while answering Toby’s question.

Toby sighs running a bruised hand through his hair, turning to enter the manor.

“Toby.” Jane calls out to him.

“What?” He turns to face Jane.

“Why…do we fight all the time now?”

“Because you left. I guess our relationship soured. Common sense, really.”

“Toby, I’m genuinely asking.”

“And I genuinely answered.”

“No. It feels different now. Especially now that we’re both involved in Sebastias survival.”

“What are you trying to imply?”

“You’re weirdly possessive over her.”

“What? You sound stupid.”

“You pushed me off today when I simply touched her. You get mad every time I try to help you out with Sebastia. We fight a lot over what to do with her.”

“I already said it. I was helping her find until you came. You disappear, you leave, for months, years even! Then you just come back! You come back and interfere with the training, with Sebastia in general! You came back here to find her in days! Days!”

Toby’s sighs.

“That shows me you could have come back to visit me at anytime and you…just didn’t. Bad shit went down between me and Nat and you know that. You encouraged me, encouraged us, to follow in your footsteps in leaving! But me and Nat got screwed over, thanks to your advice! You knew the consequences of trying to leave and you let us do it anyway! No warning from you! You just left us both to die or worse and didn’t even look back! Never even looked back to check on us or if I was even alive! I tried to justify it to myself, saying that it was too dangerous for you to even show your face here. But here you are! Back like nothing happened! Where were you Jane?!”

“I’m so sorry, Toby.”

“That’s all you got?”

“I’m sorry Toby. I am. But I faced the consequences of leaving too! I lost everything to leave here! Everything! There’s things that you don’t know!”

“Enlighten me, Jane.”

“I experienced everything you did trying to leave. It went worse for me than you could have imagined. You’re right. I couldn’t come back because it was too dangerous. For that reason I couldn’t come back to warn you either. I didn’t want to leave you. I’m sorry I had to. I couldn’t..take it here anymore. I never stopped thinking about you, okay? Or Nat, or Jack. I just..I couldn’t stay here.”

“And why is that?”

“Jeff for one, Nina for two, I’m not a blood thirsty killer for three. I just didn’t belong here. I only originally came back here to kill Sebastia, because I thought she was a vicious monster per my intel.”

“Not once for me huh? God damn it Jane, I missed you!” Toby just blurts out.

“I missed you too!”

“Then why didn’t you ever come back?!”

“I couldn’t look you in the eye okay?!”

Toby is silent.

“I couldn’t face you after unintentionally putting you something that horrible. How could I ever face you again? I..I’m so sorry Toby.”

An old friend coming back like this out of nowhere felt weird to him. Especially because of what she caused. He wouldn’t admit it, but he forgives women easily. Especially when it’s one he cares about. He can’t forgive her right in this moment, but he can at least acknowledge that she’s sorry.

“I’m still pissed at you.”

“I know.”

Jane looks up at Sebastia’s window.

“Does she know she can’t leave? At least, not without devastating consequences if she even tries?”

“No. I haven’t told her. If I told her something like that she would’ve never come with me.”

“Why do you care? It’s unlike you.”

“I don’t care. I just brought her here to be used as a tool…”

Toby trails off.

“But?”

“It’s nothing. Nothing worth talking about.”

“Can we finally help her without arguing now?”

“We can argue less. It won’t be zero for a long time.”

“Fine.”

Toby walks in the manor through the doors, while Jane finds her own, mysterious way inside.

Sebastia is sitting on her large, plaid bed, hugging her knees,letting out unsteady breaths. She’s trying her best to hold herself together.

“You’re quiet.” Sebastia speaks out loud to the creature in her body, that she gave the name Miracle.

“I have no need to speak. Everything is going smoothly.”

The creature had multiple women’s voices layered on top of each other, almost angelic sounding. They ring inside Sebastia’s head. But Sebastia knows the soothing voices have to be fake.

“And what gives you that impression? I’m falling apart every day. I’m always two seconds away from killing somebody or freaking out or someone is always trying to kill me or hunt me down!”

“So what? I am here for you.”

“You can be suppressed now. All it takes is one bullet and you’re immobilized!”

“It is true. However, I am still part of you, inside you. Although I am unable to fight when suppressed, you are still durable. Especially so, due to me not being able to fight.

“Why are you so co operative with me?”

“Why should I not be?”

“I barely know anything about you. Can that change?”

“In due time, if it is necessary.”

“What’s your name?”

“It is unimportant.”

Sebastia is about to pry, but is interrupted by a noise. The door opens. Toby appears in the doorway.

“Hey, Sebby.”

He closes the door behind him, locking it, knowing Sebastia doesn’t want anyone to see anyone else.

Toby sits next to her on the bed, but not too close.

“Hey.”

“You mad at me?”

Sebastia stays silent.

“Me and Jane fight a lot. We’ve got history. Try not to get annoyed.”

“It’s not that.”

“Then what is it?”

“You’re wrong about me. I’m not strong like you think I am.”

“Ugh. I told you that pitiful stuff makes me mad.”

“It’s true! I can’t hold myself together, I can’t fight! I’m just not…strong enough to survive this.”

“Bullshit. I’ve said it already. If you were weak I would’ve just killed you. I wouldn’t be putting any effort into you if that was actually true. You have serious self esteem issues.”

“I’m not! A strong person wouldn’t be here in the first place!”

“That’s stupid logic and you know it, I’m not here to play therapist with you.”

“This isn’t that. I just…Hate how I’m here now. Like I can’t stop blam ing myself. If I had been smarter, if I hadn’t met him-“

“Stop doing that. Look, most if not everyone here is here because someone else did something to them. It’s not just you.”

“Then how’d you get here?”

“You want Toby’s tragic backstory? Not happening tonight.”

Toby quickly shuts the question down.

“Wait, I-“

“Look, bottom line, I’ve seen you be strong or at the very least determined to survive. Hell, the first time we met, despite you being full of bullet holes, you attacked me. The first thing you did when you got here was put Jeff through a wall and you survived against Jane and had that cool form with the halo thing above your head. You are stronger than you think. I don’t like weakness. So if you were…”

Toby pulls out his hatchet and puts it to close to Sebastias neck, not in a threatening way, but to say, you know what would have happened.

“Hm. Even when you lost to me the first time, you didn’t beg and scream and plead with me. You stayed as stone faced as you could. I think that’s bad ass.”

“Thank you…”

“You’re welcome. Now no more pity stuff. I’m not the person for it.”

Sebastia has always had horrible self esteem issues. Being thrown in this situation is making all of them spill out ten fold. She has to depend on people to defend her and teach her, she can’t function like a person and can’t be touched anymore. Did she truly have a chance?

“Such a pain getting in here.” Jane’s voice rings though the room.

“How do you even get in here?” Sebastia questioned.

“Still not telling you.”

Jane sits on the bed, next to Sebastia, leaving Sebastia in between the two.

“Good job training today, Sebastia.” Jane gives a short compliment.

“Thanks… it made me exhausted. Though. Mentally and physically.”

“Hm. I see.” Jane replies softly, understanding why this situation was a lot on Sebastia.

“Well. Everyone got their fill of drama for today. So…”

Toby pulls out weed that he took from Jacks office on the way to Sebastia’s room, raising an eyebrow.

“Toby, no way you’re encouraging drug use!”

“When Sebby first got here, she smoked it fine. She needs to relax anyway, look how tense she is. You felt it when you were feeling her up during training, Jane.”

“Feeling her up?! Are you serious? You make me sound awful!”

“Just calling it like I see it. Anyway Sebby, you can say no. I don’t care either way. It’s just a suggestion after all the emotional shit today, especially with how sensitive you are.”

Sebastia contemplates it. She is really tense and paranoid. In this new life of survival and loose morals, is a bit of escapism so bad? She thinks not. She grabs the blunt from Toby putting it in her mouth. Toby takes out a lighter and lights the weed for her as they look at each other. Sebastia’s face heats up slightly, but she pushes the feeling down.

She blows smoke out of her mouth, a tired look on her face.

“What has my life become?”

Sebastia covers her face with her hands.

“I wouldn’t even dream of doing this before. Now I’m smoking just so I can relax a little bit.”

Toby grabs the weed from her and smokes it as well.

“Yeah, we all have some form of escapism. Join the club.”

Jane sighs. “Can’t argue that, I guess.”

The three of them talk as smoke fills the room.

Sebastia opens the window so the smoke somewhat leaves as she coughs, the three of them sitting on different parts of the bed together, not too close, not too far.

“Jane, why are you so…pale? Like paler than Toby?” Sebastia asks, the cannabis turning off her filter completely.

“I already told you. The Liquid Hate. Permanently altered my appearance…unless I change it.”

“What’s with these weird labs and their stupid names? Miracle Cells? G.O.D project. If you’re going to kidnap me and force a sentient creature in my body at least make it sound cool.”

Toby laughs. “At least you know it sounds stupid. Yeah, messed up for them to do that to you. I’ll take the title “proxy” any day over that.”

“Yeah, see how proxy sounds cool? At least you got a cool title. I got…weird limbs and red eyes with teeth the come out of my face with large holes underneath them. At least the teeth and eyes part only happens when Miracle is summoned.”

“Yeah you look pretty normal when that thing isn’t flailing around everywhere out of your head. Why do you call it Miracle anyway?”

“It’s ironic. It’s because this is no miracle at all. It’s false. Also it won’t tell me it’s real name, so I had to just make one up.”

“Why won’t it tell you its name?”

“Great question. I wish it would tell me.”

Sebastia looks at Jane.

“Wait, back to the appearance thing. What do you mean unless you change it?”

Jane changes her appearance to a dark brown haired woman with hazel eyes more on the green side. Her skin becoming a normal fair color. She quickly changes back to her normal appearance her ghostly white skin and black hair and eyes.

“What?! How?! What is that?!” Sebastia freaks out a little bit, her current state of mind not being able to process what she just saw.

“Liquid Hate super solider stuff. I can mimic appearances and voices. Makes it easy to infiltrate places and do whatever task I’m assigned.”

“What? Really? Why are your powers better than mine if the Miracle Cells are an offshoot of Liquid Hate?”

“Well I have a working theory. I think when you summon the cell creature inside you, your body is trying to mimic the creature’s actual appearance.”

“What do you mean?”

“Well I can mimic the appearance of people, that part of the Liquid hate may be manifesting in your body in a different way. Whatever that creature is supposed to look like is partially showing through your physical appearance when you summon it.”

“Does anyone you’ve talked to know what it’s supposed to look like?”

“No. Not to mention you’re unfinished. So we’ll most likely never know. Unless new things and research develops, I’ve told you everything I know so far.”

Toby blows smoke out of the gash in his face.

“Well Jack’s doing research on you as we speak. It must be interesting to him. I haven’t seen him in days. He’s locked himself away. So that’s either really good, or really bad.”

Sebastia nods, a bit nervous at the thought. What if he comes back with horrible news? What would she even do? She can’t handle more bad news.

“Well, we’re here for you either way.” Jane tries to comfort her. “Right, Toby?”

“Mmm yeah sure, why not? I already said you’re stuck with me.”

It feels nice for Sebastia to hear that. She especially needed to hear it now. Are they her friends? Should she call them that? Or is that too clingy? She doesn’t want to be easily attached because then she can be easily hurt. But at the same time, they’ve moved past the “hurting” Sebastia part with the trying to kill her and training. Knowing this, she lets herself loosen up a bit more.

“Thank you guys, really.”

She looks at them with a tired but soft look, genuinely appreciating their help. Even if it was really unconventional.

Toby gets up, looking through the shelf of CDs.

“Wow, you’re twenty seven and still emo? I mean, I guess you look it.”

“You can’t be serious. So are you.” Jane replies.

“Have you heard of something called a joke, Jane?”

Toby takes a Taking Back Sunday off the shelf and puts it in the CD player on the desk. It starts the play quietly in the background.

Toby sits back down on the bed. His back leading on the light green wall that the bed was cornered in.

‘They’re not gonna hurt me right? I mean what could they possibly do that they haven’t already done. They already beat me up and threatened to kill me. They wouldn’t hurt me anymore,right? There’s nothing else they can do to hurt me, right? ‘

Sebastia spaces out until Toby calls out.

“Sebby? You there?”

Sebastia nods. “Mhm.”

“What are you thinking about?”

“Nothing. Just relaxing.” Sebastia lies, not wanting to discuss that right now.

The three continue talking.

Sebastia feels human again, in a weird way. Listening to music, talking and smoking. This is the most human she’s felt since she escaped the lab. When Toby and Jane were next to her, they didn’t see her as a monster so she didn’t feel like one. They treat her like a human. Talk to her as such. It felt nice to forget the horrible situation she’s in.

It feels nice to be human.

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