Eyeglass

[exuviiated]

barnowl
Hello! This is Aaron Barnett's eyeglass. If you're getting this message, I'm probably away, but I'll get back to you as soon as possible, thank you!

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[barnowl/text]

[exuviiated]

[He's relaxing at home, playing with his magic, when the message comes.

It's not welcome, but he has to reply to it.]

At the carnival? Why are you messaging me.

[batdweeb]

Can you tell me how you were infected?

[The second question is ignored, for now. Boy, this ~mysterious person~ is rude, huh.]

[exuviiated]

[Very rude, but Aaron'll let it slide.]

The Nox touched me and I guess that's how I was infected. Sorry if my memory is a bit foggy.

[He's not sorry at all.]

[batdweeb]

[Good thing tone doesn't carry well over the internet!]

Anything you can remember would help.

Your mental state seemed to have been affected. Were there also any physical side effects?

aaron: hey buddy pal bro friend homie

[exuviiated]

[Indeed.]

I got covered with a black, viscous fluid. Like it was coming out of me. do we really have to talk about this right now?

rude anon: i'm not ur buddy pal bro friend homie, dude.

[batdweeb]

Do you think that if you just ignore the subject it will go away?

If anyone else winds up infected, we need to understand how it works.

how's that shame feel, aaron?

[exuviiated]

We know how to stop it and that' all that matters.

go beg info off someone else

aaron should really just feel lucky batman didn't track him down and nick a blood sample off of him

[batdweeb]

Maybe we stopped the infection. Maybe it's just in remission right now.

You'll be safer if you stay in touch with other people, Mr. Barnett. Have you at least tried seeing a doctor after you ran away from the Spire?

he's onto you. kind of.

[exuviiated]

i know enough to know that I'm fine. I have my magic back, I feel like myself again.

'we'?

Well it's not really Batman he's trying to hide...

[batdweeb]

So you'd lost your magic in the first place.

We. Remember the people who found you in that barn?

Re: Well it's not really Batman he's trying to hide...

[exuviiated]

They traded healing magic for shadow magic.

Vaguely.

[batdweeb]

["Vaguely" sounds good enough to Batman, so it's good enough for Aaron, right?]

What do you mean, "traded?"

[exuviiated]

[...It really isn't.]

I gave up my healing magic, they covered me in shadow and then I got shadow magic, I guess.

[batdweeb]

And did you agree to giving up your magic?

[exuviiated]

I agreed to them fixing it. Didn't know it would be replaced.

[batdweeb]

[The Batman is judging you so hard right now, Aaron. Sorry.]

I trust this won't happen again.

[exuviiated]

It won't. now leave me alone.

[And that's the extent of his participation.]

[batdweeb]

[And that will be the end of Aaron's anonymous harassment for the night!]

[Gosh Aaron, you're almost as much of a problem as that ex-boss Batman hopefully doesn't know is your ex-boss.]