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Re: 243, later

[stakesthesame]

[ kinda muffled ]

S'literally my fault though.

Re: 243, later

[avestan]

Will you at least believe that I came here because I wanted to?

Re: 243, later

[stakesthesame]

... 'course I would. Doesn't mean you couldn't be-- doing something better with your time or somethin'.

Re: 243, later

[avestan]

[...SQUISH]

If there was something else I'd rather be doing, I'd be doing that.

Re: 243, later

[stakesthesame]

[ ssssags a little... ]

Okaaay, okay...

Re: 243, later

[avestan]

[releases her]

I'm gonna stay here with you for a while. That okay?

Re: 243, later

[stakesthesame]

[ huffs, slouching. ]

... okay. If you want.

Re: 243, later

[avestan]

Naw, I'm totally being held against my will.

Re: 243, later

[stakesthesame]

I wasn't... doing anything exciting or anything, just. Warning you.

S'boring.

Re: 243, later

[avestan]

Like I can't handle boring.

Re: 243, later

[stakesthesame]

[ ... huffs, taking a few steps back to sit in on the bench again. ]

Well... thanks.

Re: 243, later

[avestan]

[sitting next to her]

No problem.

Re: 243, later

[stakesthesame]

[ ... sags against him, after a moment. ]

Re: 243, later

[avestan]

[wraps an arm around her shoulders]

Re: 243, later

[stakesthesame]

[ quiet for a long time, just staring at the ground. ]

...

I miss them.

Re: 243, later

[avestan]

Me too. All of them.

Re: 243, later

[stakesthesame]

[ ... quietly, a little bitter, but mostly just. sad: ]

If-- Pharaoh was here-- he would have straightened everyone out.

Re: 243, later

[avestan]

Maybe. Or he would've missed it because he was too busy sitting on his throne.

Re: 243, later

[stakesthesame]

[ -- huffs a little laugh. ]

... yeah. Maybe.

He still owes us a throne room.

Re: 243, later

[avestan]

He does.

[chuckles]

Man, he's gonna be so mad when he comes back.

Re: 243, later

[stakesthesame]

[ "he's not coming back" she does not say, but the moment of silence probably says as much. but at length she speaks again, ]

Yeah? Why?

Re: 243, later

[avestan]

He feels responsible for all of us. Kinda like you.

I'll bet he feels like he's letting us down by not being around to take care of us. And more than that, he'll be mad at the producers or whatever for keeping him away.

Re: 243, later

[stakesthesame]

Mm...

[ quiet for another moment before mumbling. ]

I wanted... to try to-- I don't know, fill in that space that was... there, when he left. That energy that kept everyone together. M'not good enough, though. Not tryin'a be down on myself, s'just true.

Re: 243, later

[avestan]

If you wanna put it that way, none of us are good enough.

Re: 243, later

[stakesthesame]

...

[ sags a bit, wings drooping.]

I guess not.