Thomas woke up after a couple of hours. He had a headache and of course lots of anxiety. He also felt bad because he now had access to all the thoughts that Virgil always had. So, Logan and Thomas sat with Virgil. Patton joined them later as well but by that time the two kids were already asleep. Roman was off on what he had told them was going to be a week long adventure. 

Virgil was the most peaceful any of them had ever seen them. He was still and if you didn't listen you could barely hear him breath. Thomas however was an anxious mess. He was worried about everything and anything. Logan had to keep adding reason to everything he said and Patton was doing his best to give comfort and dad jokes.

Logan for once wasn't really to sure as to what to do next. He knew that Virgil would always end up breaking the balance sooner or later. He also knew that he couldn't keep Virgil in a coma forever as the anxiety couldn't be held only by Thomas. So he didn't know what to do. He couldn't really do much that didn't involve making someone unhappy. He could guilt trip Virgil on a large enough scale that would keep him from messing with the balance. He could somehow divulge a way to take away Virgil's ability to control thoughts. Yet neither of those things he wanted to do, and he didn't even know if you could take away an aspects ability without hurting them. Logan was stuck. And Thomas was no help at the moment because he had all of the thoughts. So, as they weren't in a major rush Logan let his mind wander into the depths of analyzing everything and anything he could do to help Virgil.

Patton went back into the mind to keep an eye on the kids and his dog. He had gotten Thomas to calm down enough to get him to go back to sleep. And Virgil lay in the guest bedroom unmoving besides the motion of his diaphragm as he breathed. Logan sat in a chair in the room lost in his own world of trying to reasonably calculate each and every angle of the problem.

Logan knows that Virgil thinks that he is a burden. Which is why Virgil wants to do as much for Thomas as he can. Somehow they have to make Virgil believe that he is useful and not just a scary burden that stops Thomas from taking part in great opportunities  . If Virgil was a person and not an aspect of Thomas's personality than any doctor would prescribe anxiety medication or therapy. Yet since Virgil is the embodiment of Thomas's anxiety, anxiety medication could be lethal.

Every time Logan thought he had found a way to help Virgil he came across something that would block the idea from working. So he eventually came to the conclusion that there was no sure way to help Virgil except by trying to get him to keep the balance. And the only way to attempt that would be to wake up Virgil 

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Finally another chapter!

I think I know where I'm going know but I'm not to sure??

It's like using an outdated gps in a newly constructed area.

So hopefully this will start to kick off again!

Hope you enjoy!