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"Hey, Spinebreaker."

Diego entered Spinebreaker's room, watching how Spinebreaker immediately sat up straight like how he did in the Police Academy. "At ease, Spinebreaker. Five is practically tearing their hair off trying to find ways to make you remember, we really miss you."

Spinebreaker didn't respond.

"C-come on, you go with me," Diego gestured to the door and Spinebreaker stood up, following Diego out. "W-what have our sib-blings t-told you?"

"Mx Five told me about our childhood," Spinebreaker recalled. He was too busy counting his fingers that he didn't notice Diego lifting a brow. Finally, Spinebreaker is referring to himself in first-person! It won't take long before he stops with the 'Mr Diego' bullshit, calls himself Luther, and remembers his life! "Ms Vanya read me some of the poetry I made, Mr Klaus-"

"It's Mx." Spinebreaker widened his eyes and started to apologise when Diego added, "tell me."

"Mx Klaus played hide and seek and showed me my painting," Spinebreaker continues as commanded. "And Ms Allison took me to Benjamin's statue and Dad's favourite spot under the tree."

"Allison?" Diego looked at Spinebreaker. Spinebreaker kept his flat face, though curious glint is still visible in his eyes. "Was it w-with someone else or w-was she alone?"

"Alone." Diego took a deep breath in. His suspicions have to be confirmed first though, he doesn't want additional stress on his amnesiac brother's shoulders.

"D-did she s-sign this to you?" Diego asked, making a horizontal circular motion.

"Yes."

"Wh-what was it?" Diego asked. Spinebreaker recreated the sign Allison made that he remembered, which interprets to 'there's a rumour that you remember life as Luther Hargreeves'.

"Well, that obviously doesn't work-" Diego puckered his lips. "C-Can you rememb-ber if she made another g-gesture similar to that?"

"No." Somehow, that doesn't settle with Diego's innards. Either she tried to rumour him that once and failed or... she tried once, fail, try again, and succeed. Diego widened his eyes as realisation dawned onto him. No wonder Spinebreaker refers to himself in first-person now when yesterday he still refers to himself in third-person, it's too fast. Spinebreaker didn't say anything else, straightening how he stood.

"What do you call yourself?"

"Luther."

"Hey- can you sit on the sofa there?" Diego asked, referring to the sofa in the living room. Spinebreaker immediately took his seat there. "I'll be back quick."

Diego left the living room, first checking around for Allison. Once he finds that she's not there, he searched her in the kitchen. She's not there. He searched for her in her room. She's not there, but Klaus is standing the hallways, wearing a pink flamingo noodle around their neck.

"Hello, Diego. What made you look so-" Klaus gestured to his whole face, "so stressed?"

"Where's Allison?" Diego asked. "She was here this morning."

"Oh yeah, she's working on her movie," Klaus answered.

"Shit!"

"Woah, hey-" Klaus pressed his shoulders, lightly massaging it. "What happened?"

"She rumoured Luther," Diego answered. Klaus immediately stopped with their massage.

"How'd you-"

"L-Luther told me about her first failed attempt of rumouring him," Diego cuts, knowing what they'll say anyway. "She tr-tried to rumour him to remember his life and all of us. Now he refers to himself in first-person."

"Well, isn't that good?" Klaus clapped their hands together. "He's remembering!"

"It's not!" Diego exclaimed before huffing, lowering his voice. "His 'progress' is not made by himself. He doesn't actually think of himself in first-person point of view, someone else does it for him."

"So?"

"He's not doing it because he starts to remember, then!" Diego finished. "He's doing it because he's forced! Which means he's not genuinely referring to himself as Luther! He still thinks of himself as Spinebreaker! Don't you remember what drove Luther to leave six years ago?!"

"Shouldn't we be glad that Allison sped up the process?" Klaus asked. "It's been a month-ish since he's found but he's not making progress. He's just-" Klaus gestured the air, "there. Even after a month. He won't even leave his room on his own."

"Klaus-" Diego sighed. "You know what- let me see Five. Where's Five?"

"Who-knows-where-" Klaus shrugged. "I found them trying to date a girl a week ago, it was disastrous! I think our sib is just not built-up for dating an actual human."

"I'm gonna watch over Luther, he's in the living room," Diego mentioned. "Coming with?" Klaus shook their head and Diego walked back to the living room, where on the sofa sits Spinebreaker playing with the frillies on a sofa pillow. Diego lets out a small smile at Luther, the real Luther would HATE Diego finding him like this. Diego took out a phone and takes a quick picture, but the phone wasn't on silent and Spinebreaker whips his head to see Diego, and immediately sat up straight.

"At ease, Luther," Diego immediately said as Spinebreaker's on his way to standing up straight. Immediately as Diego said that, he eased up how he's sat, but doesn't change his sitting position. Diego sighed as he takes a seat next to his big brother on the sofa.

"I know you d-don't really remember ev-verything, Luther," Diego held his fingers (just because he saw Allison rumouring his brother to 'remember' is wrong doesn't mean he can't take advantage of it whilst it lasts). "But please keep tr-trying. It hurts me to watch you l-like this."

Spinebreaker didn't respond, tilting his head up at the chandelier in the room next to this one.

"What's on your m-mind?"

"Nothing, I remember that chandelier falling unto me," Spinebreaker answered, pointing at the chandelier that's now hanging on the ceiling. "It was in front of you, wasn't it?"

"Yes."

"Why?" Spinebreaker asked, looking at Diego. "Why did the chandelier fall unto me?"

"You were protecting Vanya from an intruder," Diego answered. Spinebreaker nods. "Anything else?"

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