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Anxiety POV

Patton screamed, "HE'S GONE!!!!!"

Roman jerked to attention, "What? Who's gone? Logic?"

Patton shook his head, "Anxiety! He's gone."

Thomas gasped at this.  "Who took him?"

Logic interjected, shockingly calm, "He just went back to Thomas's mind.  You can tell, Thomas is still anxious."

Thomas shook his head. "Not so much anxious as curious."

Logic shrugged, "Either way, Thomas isn't negatively affected so, I say we just forget it."

Princey nodded, "He was always annoying and holding Thomas back anyway."

Morality smiled wickedly, "I always said I liked him, but that's just cause I don't like to be mean to people's faces."

Thomas laughed, "I know right? All those times we trash talked him, I can't believe he never found out."

"Good riddance." Said Logic.

Thomas started laughing and soon the rest joined in.  Thomas didn't stop.

Not even when blood started coming out of his mouth.  He was coughing and bleeding but his smile didn't falter.  The rest started too.

Prince was the first to collapse.  His corpse frozen with a smile and blood trickling out of his mouth.

They didn't stop. Not until, one by one, they all fell.

All of them.

Dead.

Their laughing faces accusing me.

Anxiety POV

Black void. Why did they say that?!

"It's the truth.  I'm sorry, it can be jarring." Called a voice, "But I'll talk to you later.  For now, just remember, meet me at the cherry tree."

White light.

"Good morning."

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Told ya there'd be angst.

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