[Yep, full-on breakdown time. He could...he could handle this, as long as it wasn't him. Somehow. Right.]
[He uses the space of a few moments to try to think his way through this, through someone else's breakdown. Maybe he could meet him halfway? Sometimes you had to listen, and sometimes you had to open up yourself - he'd figured that out with Tucker. Did you know I was the worst Freelancer on my squad?]
[It was worth a try, at least.]
In the...the last place I was in, they gave us magical pets. Build an animal out of neon Legos, feed it a cookie, and it'll love you forever. I wound up with a fluffy yellow bat, about the size of a volleyball, and I hated it. Magic isn't real where I come from - I didn't want any part of it, and I definitely didn't want some pet following me around.
But...he grew on me. The whole place did. [And now he misses Fang, and Melody, and Puddles, and- and he yanks himself out of that train of thought before it spirals. Not his breakdown. Not yet.] Point being, you can get used to anything, and eventually you'll get used to this. It's just...it's gonna take time. All of it will.
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[He uses the space of a few moments to try to think his way through this, through someone else's breakdown. Maybe he could meet him halfway? Sometimes you had to listen, and sometimes you had to open up yourself - he'd figured that out with Tucker. Did you know I was the worst Freelancer on my squad?]
[It was worth a try, at least.]
In the...the last place I was in, they gave us magical pets. Build an animal out of neon Legos, feed it a cookie, and it'll love you forever. I wound up with a fluffy yellow bat, about the size of a volleyball, and I hated it. Magic isn't real where I come from - I didn't want any part of it, and I definitely didn't want some pet following me around.
But...he grew on me. The whole place did. [And now he misses Fang, and Melody, and Puddles, and- and he yanks himself out of that train of thought before it spirals. Not his breakdown. Not yet.] Point being, you can get used to anything, and eventually you'll get used to this. It's just...it's gonna take time. All of it will.