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[knowinginthedark]

Okay, so!

Good news is, my daily physical therapy will be done starting Monday.

The bad news is, I'll be needing to come back to the hospital every week for it for the next few months to make sure my spine isn't going to collapse. Normal things.

The good news though is that I'll be released from the hospital on Monday as well! Since it was decided it's easier to just handle the physical therapy if I stick around.

The bad news, technically, is that I'll be under SAI's supervision henceforth, which is sorta fine since I wanted to work with them anyway, but, you know, restrictions.

The good news however! Is that in the meantime, I've found a means of keeping my existence stable thanks to a very lovely young lady.

The bad news though is that it's a temporary measure ultimately. I'll still need to find a permanent means of asserting myself, and I'd personally like to get to a point where I'm not having to use any outside power sources as a means of making sure I don't collapse into a black hole.

... Oh, god, I need to figure out if Duel Academy's still going to want to work with me.

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[memoryistime]

"Young lady", huh.

Well, whatever. I'd personally like it if you stayed the hell away from the school, but that's only because I work there, and honestly, I'd rather not have to see you haunting Osiris Red's dorms again at night.

But I guess if I vouch for you, it'd be easier to keep an eye on you...

[knowinginthedark]

Yes, it would be an extremely beneficial arrangement all around!

Take responsibility of me, please.

[memoryistime]

Just for that line, I'm going to make my statement about you as mixed as physically possible so that they have to deliberate on it for hours as you wait.

I'm also not saving any food for you anymore.

[knowinginthedark]

Well, that's fine.

The hospital stay has done wonders for readjusting my sleeping patterns, since I actually need sleep now instead of being a half-life zombie. So I can come around at normal, non-midnight hours now!

[memoryistime]

Don't underestimate how much spite I have about this situation.

[i_like_red]

Glad to hear that you're going to be released from the hospital and that you've found a way to keep your existence stable, even if it's just a temporary measure.

If you need a day or two to get settled and organised after your release, that's fine. We'll arrange a day to start your rehabilitation and discuss together what we'll be doing (and we already know what we'll be looking at first.)

[knowinginthedark]

I'm going to be honest:

I've been incredibly bored staying in this hospital, so I'd really like to go right into things as soon as possible, if we can.

Any moment I haven't been in therapy, physical and mental, has been me stuck to a hospital bed. I think I'm starting to get cabin fever.

[i_like_red]

Alright, no problem! As soon as you're released you can head over to SAI that day if you'd like and we'll make a start on things.

[knowinginthedark]

Sounds good to me!

I hope to find everyone in good health. Which reminds me I'll need to see about retrieving my research notes.

[i_like_red]

I'll let Ruka know you might be dropping by her office on Monday, then.

[knowinginthedark]

Hah, thanks. Really.

Here's to a smooth transition and rehabilitation so I'm no longer a danger to society, et all.

[dreammoonchild]

They must of been a very charming lady.

[knowinginthedark]

Yes, extremely so.

Very humble, too.

[dreammoonchild]

Always a trait you want from a young lady.

Still, I hope you find a more permanent solution.

[knowinginthedark]

I really hope so too, but I need to not have people fear my bones will collapse if I walk funny, first, before I can start hunting down any permanent options, since my closest go-to choice is not really viable.

Plus I get the sneaking suspicion that he doesn't like me.

[dreammoonchild]

... Your physical therapist.

[knowinginthedark]

No, no, I mean my first choice for asserting my existence.

My physical therapist is a very nice person! Who still wonders how I'm not in traction.

[dreammoonchild]

Oh. The easiest option seems to be "Be a cute girl", but I expect you want to remain a guy.

And that's good to hear.

[knowinginthedark]

Yes. Yes, I like being a guy.

Actually if I could get on better terms with him I could always just convince the universe I'm his weird brother-in-law or cousin. But I think that'll be a ways off.

[dreammoonchild]

I mean you could always brainwash him or just keep telling people you are, and his "No he's not" is a "I have no brother" disowning.

[knowinginthedark]

I'm not going to brainwash him, that's the opposite of rehabilitation on my part. Plus I'm not sure how that'd interact with the metal in him, now.

Besides, I think doing that would make my universal position less "certain". It has to be something that can be accepted and believed without coercion.