[TOY] Plaything

[skinstealer]

...she’s…
I know she’s really serious about this. That much is like, that’s clear.
But the way she’s talking about it…

POLKA DOT: …you’d rather risk dying for this than-
CROSSBONE: I know, I know-
POLKA DOT: Lemme finish.
POLKA DOT: From what I can tell, you feel like…you’re something you’re not, right?
CROSSBONE: ….mm.
 

She nods, just enough to be noticed.

POLKA DOT: And you’d rather risk dying than be like. Stuck like this.
CROSSBONE: …yes…
POLKA DOT: Then you don’t have to be alone for it, alright?
POLKA DOT: I’ve said it before that I’m going and I meant it, because I care about you and I know that if you never went, you’d be stuck here and unhappy.
POLKA DOT: So we’ll do it. You and me, if it comes down to it.
POLKA DOT: Just…gotta prepare for that option.
POLKA DOT: Who knows what’s out there, right?
 

Cross is quiet, not saying anything at first-

Did I fuck up?

-and then she lets out a long, stretched out beep- something you’ve learned to recognize as a sigh.

CROSSBONE: Thank you…
CROSSBONE: I guess I just…
CROSSBONE: When we first talked about it, I said I could go without going if it scared you.
CROSSBONE: I do think I meant it, then.
CROSSBONE: But every passing day makes it harder. It feels like I’ve caught a glimpse of something I can’t unsee.
CROSSBONE: Opened some kind of box I can’t shut.
CROSSBONE: And the harder I try to get it off my mind, the worse it gets.
CROSSBONE: …and I don’t…want to get it off my mind, not really.
CROSSBONE: I worry I’m thinking too much about this stuff, that I’m being weird or freaky, or asking too much of people to help me with this.
CROSSBONE: For example…
CROSSBONE: I know that after I change, everyone’s going to look at us differently.
POLKA DOT: …like, you and me?
CROSSBONE: Yeah…
CROSSBONE: Like…
CROSSBONE: You’ll be the one with the monster girlfriend.
 

You can’t even pause for a moment to take that word in, Cross barreling on.

CROSSBONE: People are going to think you’re weird, for my decision about my body.
CROSSBONE: …they might even harass you.
CROSSBONE: I’m…scared of that.