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[thecrossingmods]

[The Crossing is coming again.

There is no advance warning from The Ferryman this time. There is nothing to draw your attention towards the message that appears on your device, whatever it may be, except perhaps the expectation that it should be appearing soon.

Whether you think to check for it or you simply stumble upon it, the words are there just as before:]

A toll to be levied for safe passage
from the desert to ǝɹǝɥʍǝsʅǝ

envision a place of comfort and safety
a haven from the wants and ills of life
be it for a moment or for a lifetime

offer it to The Ferryman
and let go

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[solitarynote]

[That… didn’t make Sunny feel any better. In fact, he felt worse. Dankovsky wasn’t going with the Ferryman. He was risking his life again.

Not that Sunny could force him to do otherwise.]

Hypothesis?

[Focusing on that was easier.]

[marblenest]

Yes. That we can forego the toll and without injury we don't have to pay with a memory at all. That in order to heal, we must give a memory.

I need to know if I'm right.

[solitarynote]

But what if you get hurt again? You’re the only doctor here… and it was really bad last time…

[Granted, he had only seen Kel’s aftermath from going it alone, and it was a flimsy excuse, but Sunny really would just feel better if everyone went with the Ferryman. Then they would be safe… and they could face the scary stuff together…]

[marblenest]

It's alright. I know what to expect this time and I promise not to get hurt. That is the whole point of the experiment after all, to try to not get hurt!

[ He's trying so hard to be encouraging. Please let it hurt. He does not want Sunny to have to needlessly worry over him. He's an old tired man... not even worth worrying over...! ]

[solitarynote]

That’s the problem though…

‘Try’…

What if you try your best and it still doesn’t work?

[marblenest]

I've promised I won't, haven't I? Now who would I be if I broke my promise to you?

[solitarynote]

[…a liar, Sunny thinks, that’s what Dankovsky would be if he did get hurt. But he doesn’t want to say that; the term could be just as sharp as a physical wound.

Sunny would know]

I hope you can keep it. Your promise. I don’t want anyone else to be hurt.

[marblenest]

You have my word. No getting hurt.