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[tinged]

But they already have.

[ ganymede, possibly mithrun. fandaniel’s screaming book. the mirror memories. the terrible whispers on the wind. ]

They’ve already hurt people here both physically and mentally.

A normal game doesn’t rip your memories from you and confine them in mirrors for others to experience. Doesn’t toss the voices of your past into the air for you to hear.

These are very dangerous things the game should not know.

[gluttoning]

and you still want to find them??

how are we supposed to when the glitches keep getting removed?

[tinged]

I’m not afraid. I can’t be hurt.

That would be an important question if they were getting removed, but they’re not. Only the superficial ones are. The ones we’re looking for are still in the game, hidden.

Waiting to be found.

[gluttoning]

morgan also thought he couldnt be hurt

please dont say things like that hani

[tinged]

I think we mean different things.

I can’t be hurt in the lasting way this game seems to want to inflict on all of us.

Only a handful of people in our world can hurt me, and one of them is missing.

[ not dead, not gone. ]

[gluttoning]

[It all sounds like some sort of strange flippancy to Barrett, even if they're talking about different types of hurt. No wonder they got along with Tylor.]

im sorry hani

i dont understand what you're trying to say

it just sounds reckless to me

and if you do get hurt i dont know what tylor is going to do

[tinged]

[ hani knows it'll be okay as long as they stay. that's the promise, after all. getting hurt was never brought up. ]

That's fine. We don't always have to understand each other.

Don't worry about me. But you can worry about Justy-kun. He would appreciate that, even if he says he's OK.

[ it might even be better if bear never worried about them, because worrying means caring for someone. ]

And we will all worry about Morgan-kun, Mithrun-kun together.

[gluttoning]

of course im worried about you hani

we're friends

and you and tylor both love him a lot

[tinged]

Thank you.

I’m glad that we are.

We do. I do.

[ each reply seems automatic and hani has never been this much of a robot. even when they didn’t care.

and they do care about bear, so they.

they shouldn’t. be like this. ]

I don’t want to give you another thing to worry about, because I’m worried about you, too. I’m sorry.

[gluttoning]

don't apologize for something like that

i get it




i feel i owe morgan enough to keep the people who loved him safe

but i cant force protection on anyone

so just be careful whatever you decide to do

okay?

[tinged]

OK.

But why do you think you owe him?

[gluttoning]

there were things he understood better than other people

but i had a chance to protect him better and i didnt do it

[His feelings, the blossoms that barely got to open and see the sun... they don't belong here. He doesn't want to rip them out just yet.]

[tinged]

[ but understanding isn't owed, it's given. well... ]

About you?




Don't put yourself down. He wouldn't like that.

[gluttoning]

sort of. about himself more than me

[He stays silent on the rest.]

[tinged]

I see.

I think you're right. But I also think there were parts he couldn't see.

But every part of him is so lovely. Every single part.

[gluttoning]

i wish he could see it that way

i don't think it was ever possible for him though

[tinged]

We see it for him, and he can just be himself.

[gluttoning]

he wasnt happy with himself

and we cant carry his happiness for him

[tinged]

You're right, we can't carry it for him. But we can help him carry it, if it gets too heavy.

Happiness can hurt.

[gluttoning]

hurt?

[tinged]

Yes. You don’t think so?

Just sometimes.

[gluttoning]

i dont know

ive never thought of it like that

does it hurt for you hani

[tinged]

Just sometimes.

That’s how I know it’s real. Before I was happy, but I didn’t feel anything.

How do you think of it, then?

[gluttoning]

you didn't used to feel??

i dont usually think about it

but i think

["I like it too. Being with you."]

it feels warm

like sunshine

[tinged]

It does that, too. It does that the most.

Happiness is really amazing. And the people who can make us happy are even more so.