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[oversea]

HELLO

"What do you want?"

GOODBYE

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[oversea]

[ hmm...

he scratches him a little more. ]

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

[oversea]

[ 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?

[oversea]

... 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?

[oversea]

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.

[oversea]

[ 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. ]

[oversea]

... 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.

[oversea]

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?

[oversea]

I'll take you to it.

[ he'll tug on his hand, taking the lead as they walk. ]

Have you been nosy?

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[ Hmm. ]

That is one of the prerequisites to being on my squad. What do you want to know?

[oversea]

[ he doesn't answer right away, instead looking at the ground ahead until they come to a stop in front of a box. ]

I–– [ he stops himself to rethink this. ] Is there anyone who hasn't opened one of these yet?

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Oh. I haven't been that nosy. Did you want to help those people in particular?

[oversea]

[ no he just changed his actual question in the middle of his sentence. ]

... No.


[ it took him ten years just to work on his own..... ]

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I'll ask around. It'd be easy if the boxes had their own names on it, but unless we know who the people in their shards are the labels are pretty useless…

[ But he still did it… Elysium's proud… ]

Do you want to do the honours?

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[



he has to let go of his hand. there's a pause before he does so, reaching down to open the box. he wordlessly straightens himself back up to hand it over to elysium. ]

Here.

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[ sniff

His fuckin autograph…… he peels back the flap and just looks. Astounded. He might've had a reaction to seeing the transceiver, but that's only because of the realisation and association that came along with it. If they're strictly comparing item to item, then

yeah

It isn't an exaggeration to say that it means more to him than any piece of equipment would've. ]

[oversea]

[ this is funny since both then and now, thorns does not see the point in an autograph so he has to just stand here while elysium has a moment, meanwhile he's like 'that's it???' ]

Oh. That PUS thing?

[ that is not what they're called. ]

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[ "PUS?!?!?!!??!"

If thoughts could screech, they're screeching. ]

It's AUS! A.U.S! Alive Until Sunset! It wasn't even that long ago and you've already forgotten? Or did the river take that away from you, too?!

[ This is not even remotely as important to Thorns as it is Elysium. Okay.

'Not even that long ago,' can range from a year to ten years because of how dramatic he is, so it really does not matter where it actually falls in the AK timeline. He hates Thorns so bad. ]