successives | pc catchall for stephanie.

[shitpost incoming.]

Hypothetical.

[ ... ]

I lost a leg.

Yikes. Somehow that seems even more inconvenient.

It was.

The castle had so many long staircases...

Did they fix you up with crutches, at least?

Yeah.

And a friend of mine there was an inventor. He made me a makeshift leg.

[ it wasn't the prettiest or most functional thing, but it helped. ]

...That was nice of him. I guess he wouldn't have been able to do that if it was your arm.

[Since functioning hands seem... tricky to make.]

Yeah, the... technology there wasn't super advanced for that.

[ since it was a

fairy tale castle ]

[...]

How'd it happen?

I voted for myself.

[ she sounds more amused than anything. ]

... it was another trial where we didn't catch the right person, actually.

As long as you're not planning on a repeat...

... I won't.

I kind of promised to take better care of myself.

Kind of, huh?

It may be okay to bend the promise a little bit.

[Just. Gives her a look.]

... I won't lose any limbs, at least.

...I'll be nice and not point out how low of a bar that is.

You definitely just pointed it out.

[...]

I could have pointed it out in a mean way like I normally would have.

... then I appreciate the sensitivity.