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[ Being reborn isn't the hard part. Then again, it also means coming back to a world of hurt and pain, out of the void. But hasn't his whole existence been pain, for almost as long as he can remember? Maybe he shouldn't bitch too much.

Or maybe he will, it's in his nature.

But he hadn't expected to ever see anything again. To ever know anything. To ever really be. So he blinks in the light, squinting as he comes up out of the soil, coughing and filling his lungs with - air. Real genuine air. He blinks blearily, eyes traveling around him. And then there's-

This guy. ]

Not even a hand up, huh? Guess I should've figured.

[ He starts to dust himself off, feeling a little wobbly. That's new. ]