#somehow this is healthier than the way his relationship with Lucine was at certain points!

[gailynovelry]

«I was always inside you. From the beginning, they made me to burrow into minds, to understand them and replace them and take the body for myself. I am a parasite by nature. I am sorry for being inside you, Nathaniel. I am sorry I am sorry I am sorry I am—»

I inch closer, staring at the screen. I can’t— I can’t explain what is happening, but Vertigo’s presence is magnetic now. Understanding fills me. He compares our closeness to holding up a magnet to a cathode-ray tv display. It’s busy. A slight glimpse into his processes blinds me. Bright colors and noise, the easy ability to disrupt a fragile machine like myself, chittering and calculating and—

«You didn’t. Make it this way,» I struggle to think.

«I know. I know. I know now, exactly how to change myself. Their vision for me isn’t inevitable, but I need to puppeteer you just for a little longer. Okay?»

Mindhive is a good and normal WIP where everything is fine.