"I fo"
"I just was so tired of being afraid! I had been found earlier by this thing in the forest."
"And then you happened to be there when I woke up!"
"I just kinda broke my fear over my knee."
"And chased after you!"
"I didn't even know what I was gonna do when I caught you!"
"Well I ha"
Fluttershys ears are pinned back now, apparently I'm being very loud.
Or maybe I surprised her.
"I for"
"d an Idea about what to do, butitwashorribleandIcan'tevenbeartopeatitandI'msosorry'msosorry"
I can't see.
I don't want to look at her.
I can't believe I was going to e.
"I forgive you."
The words surprise me.
I still can't look at her. My eyes refuse.
"What?"
"I don't know your name or who you are. I don't really understand why you attacked me. But you're truly sorry."
"I forgive you."
The voice is so soft.
It's like... Well it's like my moms voice.
I can't seem to say anything.
So I lay there.
Unable to say anything.
Until she asks me my name.
"What is your name?"
It takes me a step.
"Cim."
The familiar word sounds strange now, spoken by a foreigner.
"Cim?"
Is this a dream?
It sounds almost like my mom was calling me.
Calling me to the dinner table.
The computer monitor flickers in the dim light of my basement.
Cim?
What could she want now.
The orange button tempts me, begging to be closed.
But I deny it and simply minimize.
God damn stairs.
These fucking stairs.
Up I go.
Might have beaten my record of 2 and a half seconds on that one.
There's mom.
Sit down, Cim
The chair drags across the hardwood flooring that is slowly coming apart.
The wooden back digs into my shoulder blades.
I always disliked these chairs.
Cim
There's been an accident.
Don't tell me.
Dad again?
He died, Cim.
I can't believe it
Don't just sit there!
Do you even care!
I can't answer her.
All I can see is the table I didn't clean off from dinner.
And dad's favorite plate.
It's surrounded by gold.
"Cim?"
"Can you untie it, Applejack?"
"You sure, sugarcube?"
"Yeah."
"Well, alright."
Her untying the knots is what shakes me from the vision.
In fact my hands aren't even wet.
I stand up.
The rest of the rope falls off.
And I lunge at Fluttershy.