Eleventh Theory [Action/Voice]

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((For the duration of the experiment Don's thoughts will be in {curly brackets}, OH GOD SORRY FOR THE BRAINSPAM.))

[Today Donatello is wandering around the village center, enjoying the nice weather and generally exploring. Unbeknownst to him, he is being followed by a thought bubble.]

[As he passes the clinic, on his way to the fountain:]

{... disassociative delusions. Induction of kinesthetic misperception. She thought her arm was artificial, so far as to... I should go visit her.}

[And as he comes into view of the school, he opens his journal:]

Molly, the weather is getting warm... do you want to start building the playground soon?

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[i_speak_softly]

[Horrified.] Don't think it!

[And on the subject of hypocrisy, have a collection of nightmares of Turtles dying in horrible ways.]

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[nadarejin.livejournal.com]

Sorry. He must be alive.

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[i_speak_softly]

We can't know that.

{Although...}

[Have a flash of this.]

{He came from earlier in the timeline, but he was alive where I came from, and where Leo and Raph came from - I think - so he must be okay...}

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[nadarejin.livejournal.com]

It's better to think that he is, isn't it? Even thinking about losing someone is painful.

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[i_speak_softly]

It's better to think what's true. Denial doesn't help anyone either.

{You'll see him again... you won't even remember being away from each other... the timeline will fix itself...}

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[nadarejin.livejournal.com]

You wouldn't be denying anything; just hoping.

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[i_speak_softly]

[He totally sees that thought.]

[Also looking at the ground.]

This is... um... an ethical quandary.

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[nadarejin.livejournal.com]

Don't mind me. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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[i_speak_softly]

Hey, I thought that was my motto.

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[nadarejin.livejournal.com]

Was it? Then we'd best adhere to it.

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[i_speak_softly]

... One of them.

It's served me well, anyway.

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[nadarejin.livejournal.com]

. . . I'd think either part would serve anyone well.

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[i_speak_softly]

Yes. I've also found "Machines don't fix themselves", "A hard drive in the hand is worth two in the trash compactor", and "Don't eat anything that's still moving" to be useful rules to live by.

[Have some colorful illustrations of the consequences of ignoring these rules.]

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[nadarejin.livejournal.com]

. . . Useful, I'm sure.