[ If it were physically possible (and really at this point depending on what that horrible disease is doing out there it might very well be) his heart would leap into his throat and probably flop out onto the floor between them. ]
Not him...?
[ He pauses. ]
Don't tell me...Freddy Krueger?
[ Except he actually says it with a stupid little smirk on his face because he's still trying to come to terms with all of this and it still doesn't feel real and maybe he's having a fucking hallucination, in which case FINE he'd like to stay here he guesses- ]
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Not him...?
[ He pauses. ]
Don't tell me...Freddy Krueger?
[ Except he actually says it with a stupid little smirk on his face because he's still trying to come to terms with all of this and it still doesn't feel real and maybe he's having a fucking hallucination, in which case FINE he'd like to stay here he guesses- ]