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This morning I woke up, and I couldn't picture Tamra's face. The little line at the corner of her lip that pulls her whole mouth down when she smiles, the flutter in her eyelashes... I tried so hard to picture her in my mind, put her down on paper, as if that might bring her back. But I couldn't do it. Atrus, I'm not you.

Oh god. I don't know if I've ever managed to capture an emotion like I did here. Maybe I've never tried. I don't know what I think about that.

I was an ignorant little twat growing up and didn't realise the value of emotional intelligence until partway through uni. I'm so far behind on being able to recognise and process my feelings. Grief in particular kind of terrifies me, which is ironic on a couple of levels, because fear is fascinating and I'm pretty comfortable with it.

I don't know. I wrote a song for Mysterium's open mic night this last year about how complicated the end of Exile is and how many times it will kill you trying to find the best ending, and it was pretty tongue-in-cheek but I stand by the sentiments behind it as well. Exile's plot is pretty weak but it stands entirely on the fact that Saavedro is the most compelling villain in any of the Myst games, and things could have gone so much differently if the Stranger just had the option to say things.

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This morning I woke up, and I couldn't picture Tamra's face. The little line at the corner of her lip that pulls her whole mouth down when she smiles, the flutter in her eyelashes... I tried so hard to picture her in my mind, put her down on paper, as if that might bring her back. But I couldn't do it. Atrus, I'm not you.

Oh god. I don't know if I've ever managed to capture an emotion like I did here. Maybe I've never tried. I don't know what I think about that.

I was an ignorant little twat growing up and didn't realise the value of emotional intelligence until partway through uni. I'm so far behind on being able to recognise and process my feelings. Grief in particular kind of terrifies me, which is ironic on a couple of levels, because fear is fascinating and I'm pretty comfortable with it.

I don't know. I wrote a song for Mysterium's open mic night this last year about how complicated the end of Exile is and how many times it will kill you trying to find the best ending, and it was pretty tongue-in-cheek but I stand by the sentiments behind it as well. Exile's plot is pretty weak but it stands entirely on the fact that Saavedro is the most compelling villain in any of the Myst games, and things could have gone so much differently if the Stranger just had the option to say things.