do you blame yourself?

what?

"you should blame yourself."

"if i blame myself it only comes back around."

"...what?"

"well forcing those around you to take blame feeds your guilt that you've been carrying sense the incident-"

"don't call it that-"

"would you rather me just say that you killed your dog? and your family? that your ass of a dad deserved it in a way but still you can feel as if something or someone is trying to crawl up your throat at the very idea of that whole scene?"

"..."

"blame is a funny thing, no one wants it, but it still exists because all we can do as humans is pass it on so we don't have to deal with it."

"are we done?"

"... are we? you don't seem done, in fact you look far from finished."

"stop it with these cryptic words! what do you want?"

"i want... i guess in a way, i want what you want."

"that makes no sense-"

"we are connected, I'm not sure why, but it chose you... i suppose it is my turn to hold 'blame' today then, isn't it?"

"stop smiling like that, this isn't a bright situation."

"if its not bright, why not start with a match to bring some into this?"

"because then you might start a fire."

"... you blame yourself."

"..."

"i think we've made progress in our situation with these meetings. next we take the next step, yes?"

"whats the next step exactly?"

"we find out how your existential crisis is going, we take what got us stuck here and use it-"

"no. i want out of this, i dont want anything to do with you and your mind tricks that have me tied to you."

"... alright."

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"hey..."

"yes?"

"can... can memories become nightmares?"

"oh... shigaraki... what are memories if not nightmares themselves?"

"this has happened before..."

"odd idea, but maybe your right."

"maybe?"

"maybe."

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"good night."

"good night shigaraki."