Voices [Yukihiko]

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Usually, he hears their voices in his head as a restless murmur. Except for Natsuhiko, they are content to sleep, and wait until there is a fight. If they speak, it is amongst themselves, somehow, and he is rarely involved.

Occasionally, though, they find something to pique their interest.

The feeling of shifting out, losing himself temporarily, is one he cannot get used to. He never has any warning--just a blur, a whisper, and his stomach dropping down to his ankles.

Unlike the others, he stays to watch, rather than sink into sleep and wait for his next turn.

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