Asa

[residentflorist]

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Digitalis
Old English folklore said that foxes wore the flowers on their paws
to silence movement and stealthily stalk prey.
Healing, pain, insincerity, insecurity

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[halved]

[hello, miss aerith... asa is frowning at the way she can kind of see right through her, but it's not like she can unghost her.

with a one armed shrug:]

We all want to get out of here with our lives and souls intact.

[residentflorist]

[hey. it's fine, sometimes you are just a ghost.]

No kidding. If we didn't have motivation before, I think the last few weeks especially has really hammered it in now.

[halved]

... Yeah.

[things truly keep happening on days so much.]

You know, it's a little funny. You were so insistent no one would die when we first got here, and then you were the first one to tell me that most of us would have to die to make this work.

[residentflorist]

Well...[she can't really address that, so she's talking around it.] I still believe death isn't the end. So even if that might be the case, it's still something that can turn out for the better. Is it really death in this case?

[some of us are just straight up dead period, but she means the deadzos here.]

[halved]

Death isn't just about what comes after. The experience of dying counts, too, you know? Especially if you still remember how it felt afterward...

[residentflorist]

[...]

Sure. Of course I know that. [she remembers both of her deaths and she can't say asa's wrong either. you remember how it felt when you're long gone physically and emotionally. but.] But all I can do is reassure people that the end is still...

[she pauses, and she seems to think better.]

Would it be easier if I just apologize for that?

[halved]

[their two very different perspectives on death... she gives her a weird look.]

What would you need to apologize for?

[residentflorist]

Trying to give the false hope that death wouldn't be an issue here? [a little dry, but. you know.]

[halved]

I mean, it's not like I believed you in the first place...

[residentflorist]

Harsh, Asa. [she's not surprised, and yet after several weeks she's also not pushing it. why bother?] You guys have a lot to deal with on this side. I'm sorry for that, too. This can't be easy week after week.