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[curriculum_fictae]

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[hijoperdido]

[Bruno looks at him, nervous and scared but then at the pile of glass. Nods.]

Y-yeah. I can revisit one. I just - What if I didn't? I'd rather not?

[curriculum_fictae]

Then you don’t have to. But.

[ He sucks in a breath. ]

If I can see the process, then maybe I can confirm I’m just being paranoid. I should be able to tell.

[hijoperdido]

... [He looks around. Misses his old room, misses the comfort. It really was made for him, specifically, personally.]

Even if it means going up all those stairs? Because- Because I understand if you don't wanna go up that many.

[curriculum_fictae]

[ That -

Okay Martin does pause to consider that. ]

How many stairs?

[hijoperdido]

Like... A lot? It's a lot of stairs. You saw them when we came in.

[curriculum_fictae]

……

Why do we have to do it up there?

[hijoperdido]

That's the best place. I have to have lots of room, sand, and it's... I-i dunno, it's made for it.

[curriculum_fictae]

Fine. Okay. Then - up all those stairs it is.

[ He makes a face. ]

[hijoperdido]

You-

You really wanna... Oh man.

[He takes a deep breath, looking at the stack of panes he recollected. Swallows hard and nods once.]

All right. [Then up to his feet to lead the way back out. And to those stairs with the rock statue of a hand pointing up.]

Can still back out.

[curriculum_fictae]

[ Martin sure is considering it. Good lord. He winces just thinking about how miserable he’ll be at the top. ]

No. No I. I think this is important. Even if I hate your room.

[hijoperdido]

[He takes a slow, deep breath and starts the climb.]
Okay.... Though, really, I understand if you change your mind, that's fine and I won't judge at all. Like, it's my room and I hate these stairs, haha.

[curriculum_fictae]

I know you don't want to do this. I am sorry to make you.

[ And he is REALLY SORRY ABOUT ALL THESE BLOODY STAIRS. ]

[hijoperdido]

[Yeah, he can't do anything about the stairs except keep going. Just taking slow deep breaths as they climb. He just pets along the spine of the one rat that came with him on his shoulder.]

Yeah, well. You'll see, it's not all it's cracked up to be. And then you'll hate whatever I show you anyway.

[curriculum_fictae]

[ Yeah, Martin is like. Immediately out of breath. Just. Fuck this all the way!

... but he winces at that comment too. ]

Has - has no one liked what they saw? E-even once?

[hijoperdido]

...I think Isabela did. Hard to tell with her, but - y'know, it was just about her powers growing over time. All the other nice ones, people just kind of forgot, I guess? Only remember the bad ones where things go wrong that they don't like.

[curriculum_fictae]

Oh. That's ...

[ Gasp. Pant. ]

I - I probably won't like this one either. If we s-see what I. Think we're. Going to see. But it doesn't make you? A bad seer. Bruno.

[hijoperdido]

Well. Hopefully we don't, hopefully we just get a nice big vision of a bakery with happy people, I'd like that a lot more I think.

[curriculum_fictae]

I'd - I'd like that too.

[ ARE WE THERE YET ]

[hijoperdido]

So let's just hope for that instead!

[Trying to be chipper, just bounding up a few steps before settling back into a normal walk.]

[curriculum_fictae]

[ Martin continues to lag behind. ]

R. Right. After I. Get up these stairs.

[hijoperdido]

Y-yeah, I dunno why Casita made my room like this, but. It, it did cut down on a lot of people just asking me for visions all the time. They had to really want it, had to be important. Didn't mind that so much.

[curriculum_fictae]

... Oh. Oh, that. Casita is looking out for you then.

[ Especially since his actual room is clearly and readily accessible... ]

[hijoperdido]

I-i guess, probably. Casita's always been doing stuff like that for us, keeping us safe and all.

[He does give a little soft pat to the rock wall as they get to the top landing.]

Last stretch. [He grabs for the rope and smiles nervously before going for it.]

[curriculum_fictae]

What do you mean, last -

[ UH. Does this landing have a chasm in it still, ]

[hijoperdido]

[It does a little, but it's fine don't worry about it. It hasn't degraded too far.

Bruno lands and swings the rope back.]

Used to be a bridge, but it fell years ago.