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[heartlands]

i will make this look nice later

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Re: idk during bingo

[audacity]

Okay, you don't have to say it like...exactly how it is.

[ SIGHS ]

Re: idk during bingo

[heartlands]

I'm not lecturing, I'm just worried.

Re: idk during bingo

[audacity]

No, I know.

...thanks for the shirt. I'll change into it when I'm more

[ don't pun don't pun don't pun don't pun don't pun don't pun don't pun don't pun don't pun ]

uh, normal.

Re: idk during bingo

[heartlands]

Take your time.

[a beat]

...You okay? Like - more than just physically.

Re: idk during bingo

[audacity]

You want the honest answer to that?

Re: idk during bingo

[heartlands]

Of course I do.

Re: idk during bingo

[audacity]

...she said something to me once. That we're alike. That we need each other to be what we are.

She wasn't right, but she wasn't wrong, either.

Re: idk during bingo

[heartlands]

How do you figure?

Re: idk during bingo

[audacity]

Because the only thing that I care about right now is that I could've actually killed her if I hadn't sacrificed my sword. Or if I had more of my power.

Re: idk during bingo

[heartlands]

But you get why that's different, right?

Re: idk during bingo

[audacity]

Are you going to tell me that's super chill and normal?

Re: idk during bingo

[heartlands]

I'm saying there's a difference between wanting someone gone because they love torturing your friends and family, and being the person who loves torturing people just for the sake of it.

Re: idk during bingo

[audacity]

...it goes deeper than that. I know your visions are more like a separate, alternate or past life for you. And I respect that. But it's been different for me. The vision-me isn't human, and I'm not either. I'm not sure I ever was.

Re: idk during bingo

[heartlands]

[pausing for a moment]

Not being human doesn't mean you're like her.

Re: idk during bingo

[audacity]

[ starts sinking back...into the water a lil... ]

Demigods kill monsters. It's what they're made for. And monsters torture people for the sake of it. They fight off the people who oppose them. It's what they do.

...that's what I think she meant.

[ naturally opposing forces, neither with any meaning without the other

also still sinking into the water....aster are u just gonna go under to dodge this conversation my man..... ]

Re: idk during bingo

[heartlands]

It's not all you do, though. So I'm never going to just accept it's what you're made for.

[just

climbs in despite being uninjured so he can sink down to his level]

Re: idk during bingo

[audacity]

[ nO, not coming in the water too!!!

but aster just sighs, blowing some bubbles, and doesn't move away ]

I make pretty okay lattes.

Re: idk during bingo

[heartlands]

Noooo. I mean, okay, probably yes, but that's not the point and you know it.

Re: idk during bingo

[audacity]

My matcha drinks are getting better too.

Re: idk during bingo

[heartlands]

I'm going to push you under myself.

Re: idk during bingo

[audacity]

Azalea's made my tea game pretty solid too...

Re: idk during bingo

[heartlands]

Asterrrrrr.

[leans against him]

Re: idk during bingo

[audacity]

[ gingerly leans back ]

...been maybe an okay friend?

Re: idk during bingo

[heartlands]

You're a great friend and I love you.

Re: idk during bingo

[audacity]

[ without heat, ]

You suck.

[ turning and resting his forehead on gingham's shoulder ughhhhh ]