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[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.

[gluttoning]

[A long, long pause. He wishes Morgan had felt happy. He deeply wishes Morgan has more chances to be happy.

But he has a feeling that Hani has made up their mind on Morgan's current state. So he keeps that thought to himself.

It aches in the hollowness.]

what do you want to do then

for morgan or the glitches

[tinged]

Morgan. I can hear it - the way you say his name. Please don’t ever stop.

[ as for the rest: ]

When I know the details, I’ll tell you. If you’d like.

But you don’t have to.

[gluttoning]

[We're not even talking, he thinks. What are you talking about, Hani, he thinks.]

The way I say his name?

...If you learn anything. I'd like to know.

But please be careful, Hani. We can't help anyone if we get into trouble, too.

[tinged]

Yes. I can hear it. The way you love him.

[ so don’t stop. ]

I’ll do my best, so I can take care of Justy-kun, and you, and everyone important to me.