Beck's in the middle of taking off with a good sum of things...until he sees that face nearby.
There's not a lot he can really, truly remember from his past time here; everything, literally everything seems foggy. He knows for sure that he didn't make it through his first round in one of the Arenas. And he knows that he didn't make it his second time around. Did he even make it to see who won that one? Beck isn't so sure he could answer if he wanted to. ...And honestly, he didn't want to. Foggy memories wasn't a thing he often complained about.
But seeing R's face nearby triggers something. Beck can suddenly see himself somewhere dark and secluded with these huge, bloodshot eyes watching him and all of a sudden there's just pain, and...-
...This wasn't a real pain, though.
This was his User brain acting up, wasn't it? The brain of a User and the 'brain' of a Program was different. This was his User brain reacting to stigma. He just had to...
He could see R raising his hands in the ear, and heard the word 'help'. They fixed this.
Something in the battlefield startles Beck back into the present. He jumps and quickly sends R a nod or two, jogging his way over to the corrupted User. "Do you need help too?"
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There's not a lot he can really, truly remember from his past time here; everything, literally everything seems foggy. He knows for sure that he didn't make it through his first round in one of the Arenas. And he knows that he didn't make it his second time around. Did he even make it to see who won that one? Beck isn't so sure he could answer if he wanted to. ...And honestly, he didn't want to. Foggy memories wasn't a thing he often complained about.
But seeing R's face nearby triggers something. Beck can suddenly see himself somewhere dark and secluded with these huge, bloodshot eyes watching him and all of a sudden there's just pain, and...-
...This wasn't a real pain, though.
This was his User brain acting up, wasn't it? The brain of a User and the 'brain' of a Program was different. This was his User brain reacting to stigma. He just had to...
He could see R raising his hands in the ear, and heard the word 'help'. They fixed this.
Something in the battlefield startles Beck back into the present. He jumps and quickly sends R a nod or two, jogging his way over to the corrupted User. "Do you need help too?"