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"It's not your fault." "I know. At least I keep telling myself that I know it isn't. Trying to place the blame on others. Stuck in a movie theater watching what my body was doing. Watching someone else speak. Watching someone else do horrific things. Seeing the faces of those that were tormented through my body. Seeing his face..." Tandy turned and placed her head on Jean's shoulder, the knife fell to her side. "Your presence helps." She whispered. Jean sighed, closing her eyes a moment. "I'm glad," she said. Opening her eyes, she glanced around. The colors on the walls of the movie theater lobby seemed to be leached away, bright golds muted to pale yellow, shining white marred by dinged grey. Hopefully they could help fix that together. "One thing to keep in mind is that we're in a movie theater. Your safe space. The great thing about a movie theater..." Jean motioned toward the foreboding door, as a movie poster appeared in a "now showing" frame. The title of the movie, "Fear in the Dark" was splashed across the poster, with Dweller and his monsters and Tandy and her friends dramatically dotted across it in various action poses. "Is that there is always one than more movie showing," she said, pointing toward an empty patch of wall as a shiny new door materialized. An empty frame formed next to it along with another "Now Showing" sign, waiting for the next movie poster. "You can choose to go to a different one." "Oh, a multi-viewing theater. Who would had thought that a it could morph like that." Tandy still didn't move from her spot and looked back at the wall she had been repairing. Her eyes closed as once more she felt a cool breeze touch her mind, "Maybe next time we can explore deeper into the mind. I might be putting it off a bit more, but I am a chicken." "It's okay," Jean assured her. "Take your time. We can take a break for now, if you'd like. Believe it or not this is really good progress." "Is it?" Tandy's image looked over at the good doctor before looking at the wall, "The soothing does help." Jean smiled brightly. "Any progress is good progress," she said. She glanced around. "So, shall we call it a day or do you want to do some more lobby cleaning?" "I think, I think that is enough today. I think a nice nap is in order." The figure of Tandy dropped the tools and took a step back to admire the work. Though it was only a small patch job, the wall almost looked like it healed, as if there had been workers going at it for hours, not minutes. "Same time next week? Any homework I should focus on?" Silent for a moment or two, Jean dusted herself off. "Yep, same time. Homework wise...See a movie with a friend," she said with a smile. "Find the coolest theater you can. See if it'll give you some inspiration for here." |
