feral kou AUs for shutsdown

[miraculess]

AND AGAIN :')

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[miraculess]

It's better for the both of us if you don't see me.

[shutsdown]

[hackles rising again] What's that supposed to mean?

[miraculess]

[ flat and terribly bitter ]

It means I'm disfigured to the point I can't actually go out in public, among other things.

[shutsdown]

...You bandaged me.

[miraculess]

I wasn't going to leave you to bleed out on my floor.

[shutsdown]

So why should I care what you look like?

[miraculess]

I don't know. I just know that people always do.

[shutsdown]

You couldn't tell even if I did. [he's taking it off.]

[miraculess]

I could—

[ ah. well.

her home is definitely an abandoned building; she's made some attempts to keep things from being utterly filthy and miserable, but the walls are still stained with damp and there's still a lot of dust and not much room. there's nothing really in there except bits of a first aid kit scattered to his side, a beaten-up old duffel bag near the wall, and a pile of old blankets in the corner.

which she is now currently hiding under. ]

[shutsdown]

[takes a few moments to look around, then rises shakily, careful, not letting any more pained sounds escape.] You couldn't. And I won't.

[miraculess]

[ she shifts, slightly— there's another one of those machine noises, and something about the movement isn't quite right...? ]

I've been told that before.

[shutsdown]

I'm not people. [coming to crouch by her blanketed form.]

[miraculess]

[ growls, tensing ]

You're more people than I am.

[shutsdown]

On what grounds?

[miraculess]

That isn't your business.

[shutsdown]

It is too. What do you know about me? If the answer is that I fell through your roof, and only that, then you can't say things like that.

[miraculess]

I know you asked me who I was as though I had to have an answer.

[shutsdown]

The ones after me would have one.

[miraculess]

[ a pause ]

You aren't the only one with others after you.

[shutsdown]

I could tell. ...I'm not here to harm you. And I don't care what you are. Thank you for bandaging me.

[miraculess]

[ shifting unhappily under the blanket, rearranging it a bit ]

...you're welcome.

[shutsdown]

Take care. [and he's standing with some effort.]

[miraculess]

—you're leaving?

[shutsdown]

What good will my staying do you?

[miraculess]

What good will your going do you?