A single word spoken and she freezes. Her first thought is of Lawrence. But no, here he is nothing but a bad memory, a reminder of her guilt and torment. The monstrous form he took wasn't capable of anything but snarls and screams. Then, tentatively, careful not to damage the other personality, she made the connection.
Her caution wasn't needed in the first place. She could never damage this man any more than searching one's own memory could. Everything was exactly the same, save for him being a man. Their date of birth. The date of the "accident". Every major event the same. He was her. She was him.
She recoiled from his mind at the realization. A fully synchronized intruder. It had to be. No. The others had no faces. They weren't capable of probing her mind.
But this was impossible. It had to be. Lawrence was her only brother. She would have known if...
Lawrence. Laura.
She manifested behind him, staring at the same stained lab coat she herself was wearing. She was still cautious. What was this? Some hallucination? A trick of her own damaged mind? A manifestation of dissociative identity disorder?
"How?" she asked quietly. "How is any of this possible?"
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Date: 2015-05-04 11:57 pm (UTC)Her caution wasn't needed in the first place. She could never damage this man any more than searching one's own memory could. Everything was exactly the same, save for him being a man. Their date of birth. The date of the "accident". Every major event the same. He was her. She was him.
She recoiled from his mind at the realization. A fully synchronized intruder. It had to be. No. The others had no faces. They weren't capable of probing her mind.
But this was impossible. It had to be. Lawrence was her only brother. She would have known if...
Lawrence. Laura.
She manifested behind him, staring at the same stained lab coat she herself was wearing. She was still cautious. What was this? Some hallucination? A trick of her own damaged mind? A manifestation of dissociative identity disorder?
"How?" she asked quietly. "How is any of this possible?"