[ Mentally, he'd prepared himself for a lot of different things. He knew that death and talk of death was just the normal so far. He told himself he'd be ready for it and it'd be fine. It turns out he is completely not fine in what must have been no more than an hour of another life. It wasn't even that long how does it all go to hell? ]
[ There are answers to hows he wanted the answers to but also... now he wants them even less than he thought he did. ]
[ Phoenix is quiet for a long moment after the vision transpires. Just quiet. Still. He feels the sting at his eyes as he transfixes his eyes on the board and wordlessly, with that same steely stillness moves the planchet over the word "GOODBYE". ]
Re: day 334
[ There are answers to hows he wanted the answers to but also... now he wants them even less than he thought he did. ]
[ Phoenix is quiet for a long moment after the vision transpires. Just quiet. Still. He feels the sting at his eyes as he transfixes his eyes on the board and wordlessly, with that same steely stillness moves the planchet over the word "GOODBYE". ]