[she's really, really not good at this. but she's trying, and she's been learning, and so when he just screams angrily, she pulls him closer and presses her face to his hair. rests a hand on his back and a hand on the back of his neck, bracing.
she'll let him do what he needs to. she's a pretty steady force when she needs to be.]
[It's ok. She is doing her best, and her best is... actually quite good for him!
As if he's accustomed to this, he just stands there in her arms and sobs angrily for a bit until it slowly begins ebbing off. He had to get it out, or he'd die.]
[that is a mood except for she just dies instead of letting it out
when he starts to calm down, she shifts, and just like, hoists him up so she can give him a piggyback ride. he can cry against her back, that's okay, she doesn't mind.]
I'll stay with you in your room, if you want.
[she says, quietly, as she prepares to start walking.]
[it's kind of a relief, honestly? to know when someone is upset, and not have to guess. it makes it so much easier to take care of people when you know what's wrong. and that's something she wants to do. she wants to make him feel better, somehow.]
No prob. [she says, with a sigh, and starts off to the ferry.]
What point? Tell me so I can beat some sense into you for believing any of the garbage he says to upset you. [she boosts him up a bit, jostling him on purpose.]
[The jostle stirs a hiccup out of him from all of the air he has swallowed while sobbing before. LISTEN. He turns his face into her neck, scrubbing it, then sighs.]
I saw his memories. Humans had betrayed him, and... I tried to tell him not all of them were like that. That he shouldn't give up on them. He knew... I knew he... That'd I'd know the hair would be fake already.
Don't make any stupid decisions. [she tells him, jostling him again.] I fucking mean it, Akira. If I find out you try to make some deal with Satan and it involves any sort of self-sacrifice I'm going to find you Thursday night.
[well, she appreciates that. she's just going to have to trust him. nyeh.
she lets him down, though, and reaches to do something that she very obviously learned from one of the dad figures around here, which is to wipe his leftover tears away from one eye with her thumb and then honk his nose briefly.]
I've got to tell Harrow I'm staying with you, but I'm following through on that.
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she'll let him do what he needs to. she's a pretty steady force when she needs to be.]
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As if he's accustomed to this, he just stands there in her arms and sobs angrily for a bit until it slowly begins ebbing off. He had to get it out, or he'd die.]
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when he starts to calm down, she shifts, and just like, hoists him up so she can give him a piggyback ride. he can cry against her back, that's okay, she doesn't mind.]
I'll stay with you in your room, if you want.
[she says, quietly, as she prepares to start walking.]
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Okay. Thanks.
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No prob. [she says, with a sigh, and starts off to the ferry.]
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Sorry...
[For being a sad POS.]
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Don't apologize. I'm not exactly happy to see him go.
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I proved his point...
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What point? Tell me so I can beat some sense into you for believing any of the garbage he says to upset you. [she boosts him up a bit, jostling him on purpose.]
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I saw his memories. Humans had betrayed him, and... I tried to tell him not all of them were like that. That he shouldn't give up on them. He knew... I knew he... That'd I'd know the hair would be fake already.
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[she glances over her shoulder at him.] Besides, we're not letting them stay down there, right? So this is a blip.
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You think there's a way to get them back...?
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[whether she actually does or not doesn't matter. what does matter is making him believe it.]
We've got two weeks. We'll figure it out.
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Maybe we can convince Satan it won't be a party without more than twenty people...
[This is like "heh heh" but the laughter doesn't reach his voice.]
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That's a solid argument. Anything under twenty people and it's funeral.
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[He should really trust Satan more with little other choice, but alas. Satan trauma.]
We'll figure it out... I'll see when I text him.
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Don't make any stupid decisions. [she tells him, jostling him again.] I fucking mean it, Akira. If I find out you try to make some deal with Satan and it involves any sort of self-sacrifice I'm going to find you Thursday night.
[this is such a bad thing to joke about and yet]
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I don't know what he'll say. He might tell me nothing works except what we get. [This is not a promise, though, so:] I won't make any stupid deals.
[He is grateful for the carry. He will get down to help get into the room too once they are there.]
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she lets him down, though, and reaches to do something that she very obviously learned from one of the dad figures around here, which is to wipe his leftover tears away from one eye with her thumb and then honk his nose briefly.]
I've got to tell Harrow I'm staying with you, but I'm following through on that.
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THIS DAD BEHAVIOR. He looks a bit surprised, then flustered in the way of a teenager being dadded. He pushes at her arm for the nose honk.]
I should probably shower off, so you can do that while I am if you want. [Thoughtful pause.] If you need to stay with her, I don’t mind. I get it.
[Because of her and Ryo’s whole thing.]
I’d be okay.
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she grins a little at him at the first part, and then, for the second:]
Go shower. I'll be back. [she just won't acknowledge that. he gets it, but she said she'd stay, and so she's staying.]
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His smile is weak and doesn’t exactly reach his eyes, but it’s there.]
Okay. I’ll be here. […] Thanks, Gideon.