psl with noah!!

[rainshaveceased]

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[waywardsong]

Why?

[rainshaveceased]

I did try to kill you.

1/2

[waywardsong]

Join the club. I'm a popular target for some reason.

2/2

[waywardsong]

[takes a breath and lets it out]

At the end of the day, you were someone who was fighting fiercely for the love of a home and people that you lost. How could I not find that sympathetic? How could I say I wouldn't be the same if I was in your position? Even if we couldn't reconcile our ideals in the end... I owed it to you to try to understand. I respected you, even if I hated you, too. I don't think our reasons for fighting were all that different.

Re: 2/2

[rainshaveceased]

...You are not wrong.

It is painful, though, opposing someone you can sympathise with. I suppose that is why I find myself trying to deny the notion even now.

[waywardsong]

[swallows hard, letting out a soft chuckle]

Yeah. It is. I never told the other Scions, but... part of me believed there was a chance, even a small one, that if we could have come to an understanding... we might not have had to fight. I know it's naive of me. But... well, I've always been like that.

[rainshaveceased]

You're right, it is naive. But that is who you are.

He was like that as well.

[waywardsong]

[ahrun'ya's eyes widen, and he opens his mouth to say something, and then licks his lips and closes it. he's not sure how to respond to that.]

... yeah?

[rainshaveceased]

[he smiles, but it's a small and sad thing]

Not to worry. I will speak no further of those long since gone.

[waywardsong]

[shakes his head]

You can if you want to. I just don't quite know how to feel... but that's my problem, not yours.

[rainshaveceased]

No. Saying anything else would be difficult for myself as well.

[waywardsong]

Fair enough.

Let me ask you this, then: would you want to understand me?

[rainshaveceased]

Of course. I always did.

[waywardsong]

[--he wasn't expecting that answer, and it shows. his cheeks redden quickly, and his tail swishes back and forth as he rubs the back of his neck]

Oh. I thought I'd have to convince you.

[rainshaveceased]

My feelings regarding you are not nearly as simple and straightforward as I myself would prefer. Since we are having this discussion, I might as well admit that much.

[waywardsong]

... makes me feel a little better about my own not-straightforward feelings.

[smiles]

Let's keep walking. I'm sure we'll run into something eventually, whether it's an archive, or a swarm of angry petaloudas, or a herd of ambystomas...

[rainshaveceased]

Dreams do usually have a tendency for the eventful.

[time to walk some more! there are dark clouds building up in the sky, threatening rain]

[waywardsong]

[looking up at the clouds]

That's odd... I feel like I've only ever seen clear skies or umbral winds here. Maybe it has to do with us?

[rainshaveceased]

Most likely everything here has to do with us.

[as the first raindrops start falling,]

It may be a sign that we ought to find shelter.

[waywardsong]

[nods, his ears twitching as raindrops hit them, and he starts jogging towards the nearest shelter, though the rain picks up rapidly until it's a full-on deluge]

Seven hells!

[rainshaveceased]

[follows into the nearby building, though he's in no particular hurry and gets thoroughly soaked]

[waywardsong]

[they're both dripping onto the tiled floor as they enter, completely soaked. ahrun'ya especially looks like a soggy cat who was forced to take a bath]

Wow. So. That happened.

[rainshaveceased]

[a soaked elidibus just looks like a sopping wet lil guy. no floof left whatsoever.]

A little sudden, but nothing especially noteworthy otherwise.

[waywardsong]

[aww, the floof. :( ahrun'ya begins peeling off his shirt almost immediately]

I shouldn't have to worry about getting sick in a dream, but better safe than sorry.

[rainshaveceased]

[watches the shirt come off o////o]

I... highly doubt that needs to be a concern.