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[formercheerio]

Have ghosts ever happened before? I thought when everyone died they just came back.
It was the first time that I've died here. I don't really know what it's supposed to be but I guess it wasn't what I expected.
I didn't expect to be a ghost.
Unless that was the horror part.
Has anyone been there before to know what else happens?

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[pottershotter]

Of course!
I definitely will. It's something everyone should know really.

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[formercheerio]

Maybe someone already does. Someone that might have died more than once?

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[pottershotter]

Well I've died at least two times that counted now so there's that at least?

[It's not pleasant to talk about though, so he doesn't usually volunteer that information.]

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[formercheerio]

You've been here a while too.
Is there anyone that's been here years that hasn't died? Or should I just expect that now.

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[pottershotter]

I'm not sure! I don't usually go around asking.
There's no need to be so pessimistic though! Nothing's guaranteed - maybe Wonderland won't kill you or maybe you'll get out of here before anything can happen to you. You don't have to assume the worst you know.

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[formercheerio]

If I do I won't be disappointed.

( Or something better can happen and surprise her. Surprise her, James! )

I hoped I'd be home by now. And I died, even if it doesn't count.

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[pottershotter]

I'm sorry you died. It's not great even when it doesn't count.

[He can sympathize at least. Dying has never been his favorite part of Wonderland.]

And I know, but that doesn't mean you won't ever go home. You've got to stay positive! Don't give up! We will get out of here.

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[formercheerio]

I don't know if I can.

( Or want to. She'd wanted to when she'd gotten here but even with how much Wonderland makes her afraid, or she feels alone, she feels like she actually has friends here. Even if she isn't being honest - maybe that's why she has friends )

I want to go home but at the same time I don't.

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[pottershotter]

Why not?

[They've had some variant of this conversation before though. He frowns at his device, remembering.]

Is this about how your school's awful? Because there's life after school, you know.

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[formercheerio]

I have to get there first. I don't know if I'll get to do anything after school.

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[pottershotter]

Again - why not? You've got your whole life ahead don't you?

[Maybe it's more complicated than that - he supposedly only has four years after all.]

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[formercheerio]

Except I'm going to be stuck in some crappy town and it's not really living. It's not what I should have gotten.

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[pottershotter]

What should you have gotten then?

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[formercheerio]

It doesn't matter because it won't happen. Forget it.