One.. by... one.
They only fall... a-part.
Can it be.. undone?
"......" Chris was silent, before thinking about it.
"I... hm." he mumbled.
"I suppose that... IS an option." he admitted.
"It is." Vincent agreed.
"But is that running away from my past?" Chris asked. "Like, does that show that I'm really, actually, a coward, and can't face up to what I did, so I hide behind a new name?" he asked further.
"...I don't pretend to be a psychologist, or a psychiatrist." Vincent chimed in. "But Christopher Jenkins was ruined a long time ago. He never had his chance to be who he was, and a long sordid history of use and abuse may have ruined that completely." he said.
"You're already starting a new identity. A fresh start, once can say. So a new name might be just what you need to help YOU remove the shackles keeping you attached to your past." he went on.
"Believe me, it's hard to believe such words coming out of my mouth, towards yourself, feels extremely strange. But I can see that the things you did in your past were... well... an extension of Vanessa's claws." he then sighed.
"It wouldn't be right to have you bare the full burden of her sins." he finished.
"...." Chris was silent for a moment, before nodding.
"I'll consider it." he said. "And bring it up with Dr. Fyrane." he added.
Why can't I just be
The one
For once!?