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[oversea]

HELLO

"What do you want?"

GOODBYE

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[oversea]

[ it really is a testament to mantra's strength that she can handle that, considering he assumes not everyone's thoughts are as decent.

"Yes."

as for what elysium actually says... it's just not realistic. ]

I work a normal amount.

[ sure. ]

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[ How is it that one word signifies so much? He reaches up to place a hand over Thorns' mouth. ]

You tucked us back in. We need to fall back asleep.

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[ he supposes he did... ]

Enjoy your beauty sleep, then.

[ this is muffled ]

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[



Snoozes again. How long is Thorns going to allow this for. ]

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[ he will allow it for close to an hour before he pokes him again. ]

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[ He is…


Limit testing and continues to play dead. ]

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[ he pokes him again. ]

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[ Does nuzzling into his chest do anything. It's right there. ]

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[




oh... hm. he scratches his head. ]

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[ He is just an eepy bird… his feathers ruffle and fluff up. ]

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[ hmm...

he scratches him a little more. ]

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[ Starts tilting his head in the direction he wants these scratches… ]

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[ YEAH OKAY THORNS TOTALLY BELIEVES HE'S ASLEEP




but he will scratch as directed. ]

1/2

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[ They will lounge for the next ten minutes like this… before he finally rolls up to tap their foreheads together.

… ]

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[ Just as quickly, he sits up… and holds out his hand. ]

Ready to go?

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... Yeah.

[ he puts his hand in his, also sitting up properly. ]

Let's go get your stuff.

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[ Time to walk his pet sea urchin.

It does feel as though his head is clearer now, after both the conversation and much-needed rest. But it is also true that even with one issue resolved, there remains a host of others they have never addressed in all their years of knowing each other—so as they walk, he seemingly falls into a deep contemplation. He swings their hands idly. ]

… Have you had much of a chance to talk to Fia recently?

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Not since I returned from my thing.

[ but he had a feeling he knows why elysium is asking. ]

Lumuen is gone, isn't she?

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[ lumuen… ]

… I completely forgot that happened just recently, too.

[ i don't know who else is reading this but i feel the need to apologise for elysium's constant crimes against lemuen. tears up. SORRY GIRL… ]

But no, that's not what I was thinking of. It's something else. She showed me her shard the other day and it was in pretty rough shape.

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[ thorns thinks elysium forgetting her is kinda funny but he realizes now is not the time to mention that considering the news he just dropped.

that is... concerning. ]

She's been making no progress then?

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It's more than that. Miss Mostima's condition deteriorated after she died.

[ … ]

So you can't just let anyone kill you, yeah? If you've decided to get out there more… don't be reckless about it. Or, do. I just thought it should be something you know.

[ ignore the optics of elysium being serious about it for a real hour back there despite knowing this

it's fine. this place has so many fucking conditions. ]

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... Mm. I don't plan on dying.

[ he says this while also being okay with elysium killing him. but that was in the past (extremely recent) so it doesn't matter. ]

That is good to know though. I wasn't aware our physical conditions could also have an effect like that.

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[ It's really funny that by killing Thorns he'd technically just be griefing himself more. But that's exactly why he would've been fine with it to begin with… totally sane behaviour. ]

If I had to guess, it probably has as much to do with self-preservation as it does with opening up.

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That goes for you too. Don't do anything stupid.

[ he knows elysium has a tendency of jumping headfirst into things if it means helping. ]

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It's a little different now. Don't worry.

[ 'A little.' Meaning, he would've, but that's not anymore, so!! It's all good. ]

—We're here! Yours has always been upstream and I've never seen mine, so I'm guessing it has to be farther down?