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[HE SEES THAT U LIL SHIT.

He's so worried he's almost forgetting to be ma- no just kidding he's still mad. He exhales.]

And the healin'? You get backlash there too?

Edited 2024-10-11 23:40 (UTC)

[ holds up hands ]

No backlash there, promise. I get tired if I push it too hard, but I think that's true for anyone.

[He rubs his face, leaning against one of the conference room tables. His expression is even and calm but oh the TAIL TIP IS LASHING BACK AND FORTH SO MUCH.]

Aw right. C'mere.

[ THIS FEELS LIKE A TRAP but maybe it's just a hug

hesitantly goes there ]

[It's a hug.]

[THAT IS ALSO A TRAP, FOOL. ALREADY ONE HANDEDLY WRESTLING HIM UP OVER HIS SHOULDER.]

YOU COULDA ASKED AND MOST OF THE TIME I WOULDA SAID FINE KNOCK YERSELF OUT! [Not the rib but like.]

Edited 2024-10-12 17:05 (UTC)

[ ACCEPTS HIS FATE TBH ]

I will from now on! Promise!

[CONGRATS YOU ARE NOW A SCARF]

I know. And you keep those. So I aint gonna go hard.

I just hate that you got hurt so bad yer shit got called.

...both our Families died. A little pain? Was nothing.

.... So y'wanted t'hurt.

[There's ... actually no judgement in there, just some odd understanding.]

I wanted to help.

[ is not exactly a refutation. cinth's pointed this out, too ]

Aint sayin' one aint the other.

[He lets go of Aster's legs so he can swing down.]

[ aaaand getting back to his feet ]

Sorry. I didn't think about how it was...probably worse for you, in some ways, getting there after.

It...

It helps that I knew, I guess. When Cinth called, I knew it weren't gonna be pretty.

[But it was worse than he could have ever expected.]

He feels really bad about that. You should talk to him later.

[He sees you diverting...]

Yeah... He was in an impossible spot. Fuck. Alla ya were.

[ no he's just making sure cade and cinth sort things out, wow

tho that surprises a bitter laugh out of him ]

Yeah, no kidding. Mostly the Families though. The rest of us were just kind of...I mean, they had to decide whether to trust us or not or whatever.

Edited 2024-10-13 12:58 (UTC)

Lettin' someone else decide if ya live or die.

...yeah. That part sucked.

Yeah.

... You talk about what I walked into but. ... Must have been the same. Or worse.

[ does not want to know if the way his heart shudders makes it out into his hands, his shoulders, anywhere visible. does not want to have this thought right here, right now.

finds it absolutely impossible not to remember how that felt, in vivid, visceral detail. but to be fair to brocade, that memory is never far ]

It was bad. That's gotta be obvious.

[He doesn't even need to smell it. He can see the suppressed motion.

Yeah, this time, the hug isn't a trap.]

S'a fuckin' nightmare.

[ there's a long, long moment where he's still. and then he slowly raises his arms and, slower, puts them around brocade.

and then...holds on tighter, until he's squeezing as hard as he can. and then his shoulders really do start to shake ]

[He doesn't say anything. Just his hand presses against his back, firm. There's really only the sound of breathing between them, and how uneven Brocade's is.]

[ if he's crying, shuddering like a leaf in the wind, no one ever needs to know...right? ]

I can't — I can't.

[ his voice comes out choked, barely making it past the tightness of his throat ]

I can't do that again. And it's going to happen, it — I don't know how to —

[ cuts himself off with another shudder, admits, ]

I was going to die there. I was so sure — either they were going to look back, or it'd be the monster, and it got close? It got so close. I wasn't even thinking about...I thought Acidia would stay safe — why wasn't I thinking about them? What's wrong with me?

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