[ That... makes him hesitate. There had been something different when he had first woken up... but it had been a familiar different. The familiar loss of emotion and memory that has been the backdrop of his entire life. He grimaces without realizing and rubs at the back of his neck for a moment. ]
You'll feel weird when you first wake up. [ Other people have described other effects, so he doesn't really want to try to guess which one will hook its claws into her for those first few hours. But he does want to reassure her, ] But it'll go away.
[ Which maybe isn't really what she was entirely wanting to know, but it's what he feels comfortable replying to. On the deeper level of who he is... wouldn't he have needed a self for that. It makes him feel bitter. ]
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You'll feel weird when you first wake up. [ Other people have described other effects, so he doesn't really want to try to guess which one will hook its claws into her for those first few hours. But he does want to reassure her, ] But it'll go away.
[ Which maybe isn't really what she was entirely wanting to know, but it's what he feels comfortable replying to. On the deeper level of who he is... wouldn't he have needed a self for that. It makes him feel bitter. ]