- "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.

