>>5362746"If I didn't, I wouldn't be a good brother otherwise." He returns, the faintest hint of a smile in his voice. "I gotta go now-- make sure you eat, drink, and take good care of yourselves." The last part is said out of force-of-habit.
The two of you bid each other tonight, and, once you hang up, the weight of all of the emotions that you had pushed to the back of your mind start crashing down on you in full-force.
"You, uh... you good, fish?" Bernard asks tentatively, having been awkwardly kicking at the dirt the whole time he'd been standing there.
Yes would be a lie. Right now, you want to be in your bed, or the ocean or anywhere you can hide and forget everything for a while, at least until the extraction.
"Let's go home, B." You say in lieu spilling your guts out. Tempting as it is to do so, the blonde had been close enough that he got a pretty clear picture of what had just happened.
>In the final days before the extraction: your plan is to:>Feed. You will need every ounce of your energy for this extraction. (Last real feed: Approx 3-5 days ago)>Screw it. You'll be full enough for the extraction day. (Skip to extraction day.)>Write-in>(3/3) 