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hey so quick question how do I explain why I bleed ink to my boyfriend -yes he's already seen it -I was cutting up vegetables and scratched a finger -it'd be great if someone could give advice relatively soon because I don't know how long 'I need to lie down and then I'll talk to you about it' will work, he's still panicking he's just not demanding an answer right this second thanks for the help

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Chugging ink is super gross, but at least it's quicker than however long it takes to normally heal serious injuries. I can deal with it.

Maybe hold off on the hypoxemia explanation. I'll see if I can think of something less alarming.
"I don't know what this is" won't cut it, will it?

I'm trying to calm him down, not freak him out more.

If the bleeding's stopped and you show him you're okay, that would be a good first step to help him calm down. No matter what explanation or lie you end up giving, the important thing is that you're fine, right?

yeah that is a pretty good trade off
do you know how much it'll heal?
like could it fix a broken bone or something?

Right. Maybe he'll stop pacing holes in the floor once I go back out there.

I twisted my ankle really badly and it healed that fine. Also I was beaten near death once?

Better make your decision and talk to him soon. It's good he trusts you enough not to call an ambulance right away, though.

oh wow
it's good that you could heal from that
but what happened?

I just nicked my finger, I didn't get stabbed or anything.

Your blood was black. Even if you only bled a little, you've got a whole body full of it; it could be seen as serious.

When you put it that way, yeah... I'm sorry. I know you care about him. Do you think he'd freak out if you told him the truth?

I wish this was a longer story than it is, but it boils down to 'guy I'd never met on the street attacked me'.

He's already freaking out. I've heard him pick up and put down a magazine fifteen times in the time we've been talking. I can't imagine that 'hey so I'm a dead person actually' would help.

Maybe, yeah... I just wish all this super stuff were out in the open. It seemed like it sort of was back in other-me's life.

That's a good point. I never thought I'd miss the days when people off of Retrospec were totally oblivious to everything weird happening, but... I'm scared.

that's terrifying
was the guy caught?

That sounds nice. It wouldn't be as scary if I knew I could be honest.

...I just realized that I have no idea.

Hm...
How did you explain it to your friends who were on Retrospec? Who might not understand completely, but are willing to believe you?
Maybe talk to your boyfriend the same way.

hopefully he was
sorry you had to go through that though
even if you can heal your injuries that's still a terrible thing to have to experience

But on the other hand, people are already getting picked on in school now because they started standing out. I don't want to just let that happen, either. Or let you run into troubles with the people you care about.

Concept: what if we didn't get stuff like ink blood and horns and tentacles in the first place?

Thanks. At least the biggest danger right now is walking into invisible walls. How are you holding up?

Most of those explanations for the ink blood went 'it's a Retrospec thing, it's normal for me now, it looks weird but it won't hurt me so I just deal with it'.

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