I'll try not to ignore it... even if I wish this thing could just be gone, already. I can't help but wonder if there ever will truly be a means to be rid of it... or if we're forever stuck with them.

[It sure is one way to keep him from running off for good, that's for sure. Even if there have been times when he'd wanted to. He clenches his shard hand into a fist.]

You're right, though... I don't want to go out like that.