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    Grace practices bravery and takes the lead.

    (alternatively: Simon gets fingerblasted.)

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    My head lifted from where it had been sitting in my hands. My hands didn’t feel real anymore. I stared at the box in front of me. Before I could protest, my shaking limbs dragged my weary body to it, grabbing the small firearm. It was heavier than I anticipated. It was almost unassuming.

    Grace is not doing well. Thank God he has Rocky.

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    "I love you," has Derek in complete immobility trying to wrap his head around it, suddenly pausing as he washes the dishes. The source of his confusion and sudden paralyzed state of mind has his chin on his shoulder and arms looped around his waist, but the cause of his sudden apraxia remains to be those words.

    "I love you," has Avery humming, continuing with his attempts in cooking an omelet with a smile. The words slip through his ears like water through his fingers. Derek is sat on the kitchen table with a convincing look on his face. Somehow Avery finds it hard to swallow those words when they seem so easily said, so he grins.

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    OR established slimeknight post-DAWTDE, Sequel or Side-story to the Neuroplasticity Principles where I highlight their domesticity.
    Can be read on its own via context clues but I encourage you to read the Neuroplasticity Principles so you get how they got there.

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    14 May 2026

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    Outsiders can call it dementia or amnesia or semantic or whatever—Derek is only 24. Avery hypothesizes that this is what happens to a brain when all the knowledge in the world is crammed inside of it: it does everything it can to make room for this information. It starts abandoning all its other functions.

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    14 May 2026

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    The nightmare always starts the same.

    The Tornado idling on a field, red metal gleaming in the sun, an excited Tails flying circles around one of the wings.

    Last minute adjustments, he shouts.

    Take your time, Sonic shouts back.

    He is balancing on top of a low ledge, not even looking up. He hasn't looked up once ever since arriving here, ever since noticing the plane and the bags and hearing the engine purr relentlessly. Out of the corner of his eyes he can see his little brother zipping back and forth, can hear his excited chatter, low and muffled as if reaching him through glass. He concentrates on his shoes and on the thin ledge he is pacing on.

    Up and down. Up and down.

    I'm done, Tails calls.

    Great, Sonic calls back.

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    After the events of Sonic Frontiers Tails has left for his own adventure and Sonic is happy for his little brother. Everything is fine. Great even.

    Now if his mind would just stop playing tricks on him...

    My entry for the Sonic Big Bang 2024 over on Tumblr

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