Beneath the clothes were his few personal possessions: namely, postcards and magnets Kevin had bought him while on the road with Riko for press events.
Jean’s favorite, a small wooden bear with a red beret […]
Years in the future when Neil is playing pro he does the interview “Neil Josten breaks down his most serious injuries while playing professional Exy” but he does it… in the most Neil way possible.
Interview showing brutal tackle and the image of Neil laying on the court bloodied and not being able to get up.
Neil: i was fine
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Interviewer showing the video of Neil getting rammed into plexiglass by a mountain of a man
Neil: here, exactly in this second you can see two of my ribs breaking :)
Neil: Anyway I am still little angry coach wouldn’t let me continue playing
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Neil: Did it hurt to have an arm break in two places? Yes, but have you ever been shot?
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Interviewer showing the image of Neil with his shoulder dislocated
Neil: All this talk about tolerances but It suddenly turned out that my pro team isn’t a safe space when you try to fix your shoulders yourself. And that “you’re crazy” and “you should calm the fuck down” and “no it doesn’t matter that you did it before and it turned out fine”
Neil: Can you believe it?
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Interviewer showing a photo of Neil with one oh his legs bend in unnatural angle
Neil: I could have walked it off
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Interviewer showing a video of Neil collapsing on the court
Neil: Fun fact, Turns out that your coach will be really furious with you if you don’t tell him you plan to play a full game with a really high fever. I didn’t know. Also it turns out that going to the hospital is not something you can decide on or decline even when you are an adult with full decision making power. Its something the Team decide on, because “You are a fucking idiot, Josten and a lost case”
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Interviewer showing a photo of Neil getting hit by another player in the stomach and collapsing.
Neil: So it turns out In rare cases, blunt trauma can cause appendicitis. And you know what they say? That when your appendix bursts it hurts as much as when you get stabbed? Well it does not. I can tell because I got stabbed actually. Multiple times.
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Another video of horrifying possible carrier ruining injury
Neil: shrugs
for some reason i feel like highschool sweethearts by melanie martinez really describes andrew and neil’s relationship???? like, i feel like it fits????