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[voiceshall_echo]

[There are's a very short transmission, unintentional; it's silence, then the sounds of something being thrown, before cutting out. Any one on level two might be able to hear him ransacking his room.]

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[voiceshall_echo]

[Nope, and that frustrates him enough to turn and punch the side of the wall, the skin on his knuckles breaking.] I didn't know who I was!

[lastconfessor.livejournal.com]

[Kahlan flinched a little, not expecting him to do that. But now she gets it.] "Ah, I see." [Long pause and then she glances at his knuckles.] "Perhaps we should bandage your hand."

[voiceshall_echo]

It's fine, [he said shortly, turning away from the door. He paced, anxious and unsettled.] Three days, knowing nothing.

[lastconfessor.livejournal.com]

[She stayed in the doorway, not daring to step any further.] "Even so, you remember everything now and you're still yourself."

[voiceshall_echo]

[He spun, coat swaying around his ankles. Blood dotted his knuckles, unheeded.] And who is that? I was murdered by the man I was meant to be! My self is-- [He cut himself off, not sure what to say.]

[lastconfessor.livejournal.com]

[Kahlan crossed her arms and leaned against the door jam.] "You are the person you were made to be: Praetor Shinzon. And you're the same foul tempered, quick to anger person you were before this flood. Just because you couldn't remember, doesn't mean it changed you."

[voiceshall_echo]

[He paced, though he never turned his back to her, keeping her in sight at all times.] I wasn't made to be Praetor, I was made to take another man's place.

[lastconfessor.livejournal.com]

"Yes, you were. But you're not him."

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I was meant to be him!

[lastconfessor.livejournal.com]

"So what prevented you from becoming him?" [After a moment's pause.] "Would you prefer to be him as opposed to who you are now?"

[voiceshall_echo]

[He turned away from her, finally, hands clenched at his sides.] I don't know, [he grated out; and then, after a silent few moments, he added quietly:] He is a better man.

[lastconfessor.livejournal.com]

[Kahlan took one step into his room and stopped.] "You could be too."

[voiceshall_echo]

No. [He pinched the bridge of his nose.] I'm neither him nor me.

[lastconfessor.livejournal.com]

"Then who are you, Shinzon?" [She was trying to help, but she didn't quite know how to have this conversation with him. But at least she was trying.]

[voiceshall_echo]

[Which was further than they'd gotten for a while. Sort of.] I don't know!

[lastconfessor.livejournal.com]

"Then perhaps you should take the time to try to learn what kind of man you are."

[voiceshall_echo]

Get out, [he said softly, turning to pace again. He didn't want to continue this conversation.] Leave.

[lastconfessor.livejournal.com]

[Kahlan didn't bother to argue, since it would most likely lead to an argument, so she just turned around and left.]