（ there is no overt shift. nothing in the body language he controls so well, no slip in his expression. he chews that carrot in the same obnoxious way that he went to town on the mushroom cap, and swallows, and breathes.
then: ）
I'm not against telling you the whole story. （ that much is offered, extended freely. cy isn't precious about his history. he doesn't have to be. when you live alongside something long enough, you stop noticing the way it wears on you. like a piece of shrapnel buried in a beating heart, he is a paradox that should not exist. ） But are you sure you want to walk through that door?
（ his smile is — crooked. ）
It's not me I'm worried about. It's just — it'll make you hurt, it'll make you sad, it'll make you sorry. You'll carry it until you die. That's a lot to put on anyone. Don't ask me unless you're absolutely certain.
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then: ）
I'm not against telling you the whole story. （ that much is offered, extended freely. cy isn't precious about his history. he doesn't have to be. when you live alongside something long enough, you stop noticing the way it wears on you. like a piece of shrapnel buried in a beating heart, he is a paradox that should not exist. ） But are you sure you want to walk through that door?
（ his smile is — crooked. ）
It's not me I'm worried about. It's just — it'll make you hurt, it'll make you sad, it'll make you sorry. You'll carry it until you die. That's a lot to put on anyone. Don't ask me unless you're absolutely certain.