[The lighthearted tone of that last statement is relief to his heart, and Crow can't help but smile wider. His body seems to warm up from it alone--feeling less like he's reacting to two sets of memories and regaining control of the life he's in.]

Maybe it's getting the hardcore shit out of the way first. So we'll have a nice, easy rest of the year.

I'll take my check now, 2019.

[The voices and flashes in his head start to ebb away, leaving room for sweet relief to take it's place, a lot like how light you feel when your headache starts to ease up.]

..Seriously, though. It was like memories from this life and the things I've been seeing over the past few months were overlapping. Fighting each other for a spot in my head.

[His eyes close, taking a sip of water.]

My phone vibrated every time that happened.