[ Ephemera takes a long drag on the cigarette, letting the nicotine burn as it goes down. Letting it settle in him, another one of those bad habits that gentles his edges. That lets him remember what it's like to breathe and exist without all the shit that made him what he is. Was a time not so long ago when he had a different name. When he was, at best, only half a person. Felix knew him then, though not well. But then, that had been the point. They hadn't been a thing to each other by design.
The answer, he supposes, really isn't much of a surprise. He's never been one for god or afterlives. But he huffs a little as Felix tugs his hair, a faint smile ghosting over his face. It doesn't hurt. ]
I've never had it this long, ever.
[ He exhales, and watches the smoke spiral. And he watches Felix too, and wonders. After a moment, he pulls Felix's sidearm out from his jacket and hands it over. It's loaded. Maybe that was a mistake - or would have been, at one time. ]
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[ Ephemera takes a long drag on the cigarette, letting the nicotine burn as it goes down. Letting it settle in him, another one of those bad habits that gentles his edges. That lets him remember what it's like to breathe and exist without all the shit that made him what he is. Was a time not so long ago when he had a different name. When he was, at best, only half a person. Felix knew him then, though not well. But then, that had been the point. They hadn't been a thing to each other by design.
The answer, he supposes, really isn't much of a surprise. He's never been one for god or afterlives. But he huffs a little as Felix tugs his hair, a faint smile ghosting over his face. It doesn't hurt. ]
I've never had it this long, ever.
[ He exhales, and watches the smoke spiral. And he watches Felix too, and wonders. After a moment, he pulls Felix's sidearm out from his jacket and hands it over. It's loaded. Maybe that was a mistake - or would have been, at one time. ]
I don't know. Think I like it.