[ (taair voice) i respect you and think that you are very strong and can handle a lot of information no matter how horrifying but also, there was vore involved

he takes a deep breath as he finishes, trying not to let himself drift back into the pain, the sense memory all teeth and blood and violence. one beat. two, three.

and then an exhale back out. ]

... yes. I... thought there would be no surviving. In fact, I am nearly sure I did not. But... when the disease took over me, perhaps it salvaged what remained - and... returning here, I think, may have healed some of the injuries, too since I...well. Dying is how we got here.