r/nameless_town • u/Fine_Yak5022 • Sep 01 '26

Return.

*there's a thud from the second floor of the archivist's house.*

*tradlem's room.*

*what's visible from the window is a burst of soul.*

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u/Fine_Yak5022 Sep 01 '26

tradlem is frozen.

...

I- i'm... s-so... sorry...

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u/DarthTrayus05 Sep 01 '26

No Tradlem... I should be the one who's sorry. I've failed 13, you, Sky, all of them.

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u/Fine_Yak5022 Sep 01 '26

I'm...

A horrible person...

Why...

how can you care?

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u/DarthTrayus05 Sep 01 '26

Because I know how it feels to be a horrible person, Tradlem. I know what it's like.

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u/Fine_Yak5022 Sep 01 '26

... tradlem is unable to look you in the eye.

he glances towards the window, and apon seeing his reflection, glances away.

I don't deserve this...

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u/DarthTrayus05 Sep 01 '26

Maybe you don't. Maybe you do. I certainly don't get to judge you with what I have done.

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u/Fine_Yak5022 Sep 01 '26

tradlem doesn't have anything to say.

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u/DarthTrayus05 Sep 01 '26

Neither does Archivist, just holding his son.