C-CUTC-036
Barista: Jenny Wells
Date: Jan-2-2020
Receipt: C-CUTC-036
Subject: Corpses
After everything that’s happened, it feels weirdly nice to write about something simple. Something positive.
Katherine is doing better. Not just better—good! Stable! And none of us were sure we’d ever be able to say that.
The recovery and grounding techniques we’ve been working on? They’re sticking. Breathing exercises, visualization, ██████████ ███████—it’s actually helping. She’s talking more, joining conversations instead of just staring at the wall like a haunted doll. (I say that with affection!)
And no, before anyone asks—she’s not ███████ ██████ or █████████ ███ █████ ██ █████ ███████ ███ ███████ ██ ████. Turns out, she doesn’t need █████ the way we feared. Not in the █████████ █████, at least. What she does need—small amounts of █████—seems to be more about ███████████ ███ █████ ██ ████ ████ ████████. As long as she gets those controlled doses, she’s fine. No █████████. No ██████ ███████.
And ████? He’s been quieter. ████████ ████ ██ ███ ██ ███ ███████ ████ █████ ██████—██’█ ██████ ███. Maybe even gone? Fading? Or maybe ██’█ ████ ████ ██ ███ ███ █████ █████ ███ ███ ██ ███ ██████ █████ ██████?
That’s not to say we’re out of the woods. There’s still a lot we don’t know about what she is. And whatever the hell the ████████ did to make her this way? Yeah, we’re real short on answers there. ██ ███ ████████ █████, she’s… what? Some sick combination of █████, █████, █████, ███ █████ █████? But—mm. █████ █████ ██ ██████. Slippery. Hard to pin down.
But for the first time in weeks, she’s not afraid of herself.
And honestly? That feels like a win!
Decaffeinate Receipt
“I summon Shadow Tamer, Ha Des, Warrior Dai Grepher and I’ll set The A. Forces face down! And I’ll activate my Life Absorbing Machine, Double Snare, set my Array of Revealing Light face down, and play my Fatal Abacus.”
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