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[Bro's getting ready for a fight so he's doing some shadow boxing, maybe some jump rope in place. Loosening up.]

BRO!

Hi.

Is this a bad time?

Nope! Got a bit before I'm due. SUP!

[ alright

no preamble, very steadily, clearly rehearsed ]

Sorry for giving you a panic attack. And for dragging you into all that in the first place. I selfishly thought it would be kinder to "let" you guys say goodbye to each other, knowing that I was going to push for a kill, only to—

For it not to matter anyway.

It was pointless. I hurt you for no reason.

That's all.

[As soon as the first words come out, Brocade stops, and settles back against a railing. Cinth gets his whole attention, sober. Somber even.]

... Y'tried to do right by me. And by him.

... If anyone should be apologizin' it should be me.

—What?

... I. That first question I asked, if it were gonna be my call. It was shit.

An' I feel like shit. It wasn't-

I didn't mean it like that. Just, woulda been a valid strat on yer part. But. Yeah.

It was shit.

[ opens his mouth to argue... something. he's not sure what, but something.

just walks up and hugs Brocade instead ]

Yeah. It was shit. Don't apologize.

[He bends down to hug him because he needed that off his chest too, so badly.]

Too bad. M'sorry... It... didn't change yer choice, right? I didn't want that.

[He didn't want to see them all broken like that.]

No.

[ god, why's his voice shaking, he thought he was over this ]

I couldn't convince them, boss. I decided, but I'm not... the Family, it's not just me, and I couldn't—

[ cuts himself off with a sob ]

...

You did good.

Listenin' to everyone. Even if it's wrong. ... even when it hurts.

[ even when it ]

[ yeah, no

he's not dealing with this ]

[ softly ]

Do you still love Azalea?

[@#$@#$ CINTH DAMMIT. ]

I... aint never figured out how to love any less.

Where's that come from?

[ laughs, bitter ]

She thought I had more to lose.

[Oh, his heart clenches and doesn't seem to beat again for another second or two. It resumes with a thud he feels right in his stomach.]

...

She's amazin' you know. Most intelligent person I know. Talks in words that seem to go on forever an' mean things with super exactness. Sometimes, I wondered what she saw in me. Heck, I tried to get some learning in me too t'keep up.

...

But she's also the dumbest fuckin' person I know too. Somehow. At the same time.

[ god, Brocade's endearing when he talks about her. always has been. he may be the most massive cat-person in Estoria, but with her? he's a tiny little puppy.

good for him. ]

[ and then he just

sinks into Brocade's arms and sighs ]

I'm so mad, boss. It's fucked up. You wanna know what really happened?

She agreed with me. She was the only one. She was going to look with me, I thought. As long as we could convince the others.

Then she decided to do it all by herself. Even though— I mean, there wasn't time. It was fine. She just wanted to protect us. Whatever.

...

[So in the end, she took his choice.] Oh.

That fuckin' sucks.

It doesn't matter. Shouldn't matter. We died and abandoned Aster, and dragged you— I dragged you— and I'm here yapping about—

[ time for every water container nearby to explode. oops. ]

[ winces, entire body tensing up. forces himself to take a breath. ]

Sorry. This was a— I shouldn't have—

[ another slow exhale. ]

Fuck. Sorry.

[He doesn't even flinch at the water exploding. Doesn't pull away at all.]

It aint yapping. It's drainin' out them wounds that don't leave scars.

[ well now he's laughcrying ]

That's the corniest fucking thing you've ever said.

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