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“I’m doing my best.” You rub the back of your neck despite having no idea what this means. You don’t remember being part of Ajna’s dreams or anything of the like. “But what do you mean by ‘too’?”
“<span class="mu-i">A-Ah, uhm…!</span>” Ajna starts uncontrollably fidgeting.
“Don’t panic, Ajna! If you say something embarrassing, you just have to own it! Over and over… and over again...” Debbie reassures as a little bit of her blue soul leaves her body. “Ribbit...”
“N-No, i-it’s not l-like that…” Ajna isn’t nervous about what she called you. “I-It’s s-something I-I d-didn’t w-want to be o-open about.”
“It’s fine, Ajna, we can move on, no problem.” You reassure as you’re a little apologetic for dragging her into this.
“I-It’s just...” Ajna holds her head with both hands, deep in thought. “...I s-sometimes h-hallucinate.”
Oh, you already knew that, but don’t those happen during her panic attacks? As far as you can tell, she has been fine for a while.
“Hallucinations of what kind?” This caught Debbie’s interest in a way that feels unrelated to mental health concerns.
“T-T-There a-are d-d-different types…?!” Ajna’s life just got worse.
“Mhm! You could’ve been haunted.” Debbie gives a reassuring smile.
“N-No, she wasn’t, I checked.” You’ll have to stop this Blueberry from inducing Ajna into another type of panic attack.
“Ah, it’s under control then! Uff, I worried about nothing!” Debbie has never said much about her powers. You know she has to have some kind of power since she’s a Blueberry, err, you mean, someone from the Orphanage of the Blue. “Still, I’d love to know what these visions were like. Did they involve Johnny?” She wants to make sure everything is okay.
“T-They d-do, so-sometimes, p-people c-close t-to me…” Ajna is ashamed to admit. “S-Sometimes, t-they encourage me, o-other times they t-t-terrorize me.”
“Even me?” Debbie wonders with an innocent smile.
“N-No.” Ajna ruins the party.
“O-Oh, we just met, t-that makes sense…” Debbie is sad now.
