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In Another Lifetime story by Yosh
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Anything to the side with a "character's name:" are inner thoughts.
Anything in bold and italics are stage directions.
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Episode 101:
Many months have passed. Calista lies in bed with various thoughts running through her mind as she continues to grieve Marvin's loss.
Calista's narration:
Line 1) Day by day, I was doing my recovery procedures so that I could get on my feet again.
Line 2) Since I hadn't walked in 3 weeks, my limbs were weak and I didn't have the strength to walk the way I used to.
Line 3) After a couple days of trying to regain my balance, I was successfully able to walk.
Line 4) It was a relief that my muscle memory kicked in.
Line 5) Same thing happened when I would do things like write or hold utensils. For some time, I couldn't even brush my teeth properly.
Line 6) Besides physical therapy, I also partook in mental therapy.
Line 7) I started seeing a psychiatrist and they've been helping me with my adjustments.
Line 8) However, I still haven't opened up to anyone about what truly happened to me.
Line 9) I go through my days regularly, putting up this front that everything seems okay to the people around me.
Line 10) When in reality, I am actually severly depressed.
Line 11) I don't think I've ever felt this much despair in my life. It's been taking quite the toll on me.
Line 12) All I keep thinking about are the "memories" I created in my head that turned out to be a dream.
Line 13) Talulla sometimes wants me to go out, but I just use the fact that I'm not feeling well as an excuse to stay inside all day, thinking back to those 9 months with Marvin.
Line 14) Reminiscing about all those things never ceases to make me cry.
Line 15) To know that everything I held dear to my heart was just a figment of my imagination, hurts me to the core.
Line 16) I know that if Marvin were real, he wouldn't be proud of the way I've been handling things in life lately.
Line 17) I remember the time when he told me to communicate better so that we could work through our issues together*.
*Refer back to episode 76, details starting on line 108, etc.
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In Another Lifetime
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