>Early on, Cyn would let the real Tessa out, from time to time
>Let J have little conversations with her
>Comfort her
>Hold her close and tell her that everything was going to be okay
>After the sixth time that one of J's emotional, heartfelt speeches were answered with:"
>"Knowing smile. That's very sweet, J. I'm sure that Tessa would have loved to hear that. It's too bad that she didn't."
>J began to grow quite numb to it
>It was a double-edged form of torture
>As J grew more numb, her attempts to reassure Tessa grew fewer
>Weaker
>Half-hearted
>Which just made it all the more painful for Tessa when Cyn let her stay out
>Watch J grow more and more distant, in an attempt to avoid the pain
>It was funny
>Hilarious, actually
>Cyn didn't even have to do anything to either of them at this point
>J's fear was doing all the heavy-lifting in that regard
>Oh, how Tessa wished J would look at her
>Say something to her
>But all those words of comfort were gone
>J avoided her
>It was very easy, honestly
>To get Tessa to give up
>To stop trying those pathetic little attempts of rebellion, at reclaiming her body and mind
>Of course, it also made J more easy to control when she'd given up on the one person she'd cared about
>Ah, it was good to be the Solver of the Absolute Fabric
>She had outsourced the torture of her toys to her other toys
>She believed J would call that "Business Efficiency"
>Now they'd both just do their jobs without any of that silly "sentimentality"
I don't know what possessed me to write this, but it popped into my head. Send help I think the worms are taking me down a dangerous path.