[meme] Test Drive

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[37hours]

People ask that question a lot. I know that because I've been here three times now, and most people start with that question. I think it's because people are afraid of being alone, or they hate being alone. I know that it was really hard to sleep after they took Ma away. Being lonely is the worst. I stare at my shoes, because it's easier to imagine Ma being beside me, just... out of sight.

I'm alone. This place never brings Grandma or Ma. It's just me. And Dora.

I turn a little so that he can see Dora the Explorer on my backpack. Grandma thinks it's for girls, but I know better. Everyone can like Dora.

[thedreamthief]

[Frowning, Ronan crouches, staring at the bag on the kid's back, but not reaching to touch it.]

You've been here before?

[37hours]

I nod, standing taller so that he doesn't have to bend so much.

Yeah. Two times. Both times it was short, shorter than a school day. My friends said that it was magic that brought me here, but maybe it thought I wasn't ready yet, so it sent me back two times. I don't know if it will send me back again.

[thedreamthief]

Your friends aren't wrong -- there is a lot of magic here.

Do you want to be sent back? Or would you want to stay?

[37hours]

I bite my lip, which is a trick Grandma uses when she doesn't want to say something too fast.

I... want to be with Ma, and Ma isn't here. But even if I go home, I might not get to be with Ma, because they're keeping her at the hospital. Maybe if I could choose where to be every day, that would be best.

Do you want to go home?

[thedreamthief]

I want to go home every single day.

But here isn't so bad sometimes. And there's a chance your Ma might show up. When I got here, I was alone just like you. I didn't know anyone. But after awhile people I knew from home came here too, one by one.

[37hours]

But are there good doctors here? Ma... Ma needs doctors and a hospital.

I breathe in, and it's all shaky, like the kind when you're about to cry. I rub at my eyes and try to stop it. I need my Strong.

I don't know if... if World is better for Ma, or Darrow. She doesn't like to be trapped. I think when she's trapped, she, she breaks more. And becomes not like Ma.

[thedreamthief]

Yeah, there's a whole bunch of them. They helped me awhile back, stitched me all back together.

[The kid still looks shaken and Ronan frowns again, quietly holding a hand out to him. He's definitely not about to tell him exactly how trapped they all are here.]

What's your name anyway? I'm Ronan.