duplicitymods

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laura moon

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bless you

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nope.
seems pretty the same to me.
why?

i have zero impulse control and it shows

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I'm pretty sure I have emphysema.
98% sure.

iloveitokay

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you do not have emphysema.
you literally had one cigarette.

😩 cant believe theyre gonna be best pals

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I am literally having symptoms right now. They all fit.
Sometimes people get smoking-related illnesses without ever having touched a cigarette.
Creepy sex town cigarettes might.

iwantthisineedthis

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did you look that shit up?
that's the fucking worst thing you can do.
maybe you're having symptoms because you're having an anxiety attack?

just picture them on brunch dates like its Right and Correct

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No.
Maybe.
Yes.

Just because I looked it up doesn't make me wrong. Emphysema seems more likely than anxiety.

( does it eddie?? does it really??? )

100%%%

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tell me when you read what you just texted me.

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( ... )

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( ........................................ )

Listen.

It's not anxiety.

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it's not emphysema.
what symptoms do you have?

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Chest pain.
Can't breathe.
Cough.
Wheezing.
Heart rate is high but I don't think that's related.

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hey.
i'm curious.
what are the symptoms of an anxiety attack?

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I think I would know if I was having an anxiety attack right now.

( he'll play along though. just to prove her wrong! )

Sweating
Shaking
Increased heart rate
Abnormal breathing
Dizziness
Headaches
Chest pain

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this is what i think happened
your throat tickled
you coughed
and you freaked out over it.

1/2

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Give me like. 10 minutes.

🤡

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( as it turns out, he only needs six. it's actually pretty easy to reread a handful of text messages back to back and stare at them until the words sort of start to make sense. )

I'm pretty sure I don't have asthma either.

( he also thinks that maybe he knew that already, but that's complicated and he doesn't want to get into it right now. )

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i'm pretty sure you have anxiety.

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Huh.
I've used an inhaler my whole life.

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so you do have asthma?

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Either I have asthma or someone lied to me.

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eddie
why would they lie about that?

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I don't know.

( he thinks that maybe he knows )

Do you know where I could find an EpiPen?

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why do you need an epipen?
and i know someone who could get you one.

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I just want to test something out.

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what are you testing? [ Really, Eddie. What? ]

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If I'm really deathly allergic to cashews.