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rainshaveceased) wrote2022-11-15 10:55 pm
rainshaveceased) wrote2022-11-15 10:55 pm
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"You have reached the voicemail of Dignity. Please leave a message after the beep."
Have I ever gone so easy on you?
[His voice is gentle, a little teasing, but he doesn't let go.]
[His voice is gentle, a little teasing, but he doesn't let go.]
I doubt you have ever gone easy on anyone.
But to this, like all my duties, I will devote all I have.
But to this, like all my duties, I will devote all I have.
[pauses before answering]
I am still acclimating to the idea, at least when it comes to myself.
I am still acclimating to the idea, at least when it comes to myself.
Take the time that you need. I do not wish to rush you.
[He still holds on to his hand perhaps a little too tightly as he begins escorting him around the city.]
I'd ask how you were but if you had a run in with Lahabrea, I imagine you tire of the question.
[He still holds on to his hand perhaps a little too tightly as he begins escorting him around the city.]
I'd ask how you were but if you had a run in with Lahabrea, I imagine you tire of the question.
You are correct. He was very insistent on hearing all about my feelings and giving me support.
I am expecting great things.
[He kisses the top of his head.]
More than anything I want to see you flourish, to rest and to have your burdens lifted. It may be a daunting task indeed.
[He kisses the top of his head.]
More than anything I want to see you flourish, to rest and to have your burdens lifted. It may be a daunting task indeed.
He worries for you as you worry for him.
But since is not here, we can gossip about him. How do you think he is faring?
But since is not here, we can gossip about him. How do you think he is faring?
...It is not as though I have not yearned for rest myself. For that day at duty's end, when I could meet everyone again.
Anything beyond that is more than I could even contemplate.
Anything beyond that is more than I could even contemplate.
That day will come. But in the time we have now there is room for some leisure. It would be a waste not to utilize it well.
Perhaps you'll even begin to form an idea of what you would like, beyond that moment at duty's end.
Perhaps you'll even begin to form an idea of what you would like, beyond that moment at duty's end.
Far better than he was before dying, of course. That barely even needs to be said.
I do think his concern for us and his other loved ones is a significant source of stress, though. He has become far more of a worrier than I remember him being, but I suppose he never does anything in half measures.
I do think his concern for us and his other loved ones is a significant source of stress, though. He has become far more of a worrier than I remember him being, but I suppose he never does anything in half measures.
[just kind of nods. this has been a lot of very difficult very draining emotions]
Come, speaking of rest, let us get more comfortable.
...Yes, of course.
[unattaching himself]
[unattaching himself]
You are aware of his corruption, correct?
No. The one that makes him twitch if you put a row of pencils out of place.
[He doesn't bother with his shirt he'll just take Elidibus's hand and tug him along to the main room to cuddle in bed.]
He has not seen fit to inform me of that, no.
[honestly who needs shirts cuddles are more important]
I think... I would like to stay here with you for a while.
I think... I would like to stay here with you for a while.
I imagine he simply has adjusted to it. He does get anxious, overly so, if he doesn't know where all of BARiTONES is. It also irritates him to objects out of place. I imagine such tendencies carries over to those that he cares about which why he might seem a bit more overbearing than normal.
That does explain quite a few things. His eagerness to put trackers in us being one.
Precisely. So if he does seem overbearing not all is his own making.
But do give him a hard time of it regardless.
But do give him a hard time of it regardless.
Oh, I fully intend to. It is not as though he is going easy on me either.
As nosy as he is, better this than what he was before.
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