[ he is willing to more broadly blame CYOAs existing in general. this week has proved their potency many times over.
he slouches against his tree. ]
I learned my lesson all right. [ missing a GIANT SCAR... but. ] Still... I dunno. I get that it's for the good of everybody, but I wouldn't know how to find evidence for something you did.
[ he likes del, so even if it's temporary, it's just insane to think about contributing to his death somehow. ]
[ there was one week where two shirts fit him perfectly and fidelio was freaking out and wanting to clean all the stores out of their biggest clothes so no one could frame him with them again...
[ it does briefly occur to him how much that remark would have pissed him off in his au cyoa life, but it's fine. ]
Reckon we must've had different fathers, for one.
[ though they never met either of them.
looking around a little at the artificial dreamscape surroundings again... ]
I also wasn't meant to stay lookin' like this, though. I mean, he was always gonna end up bigger than me, but it should've been a less dramatic difference. I just stopped growing around twelve, side effect of some magic that was bein' tested out.
[ just gives till the lore because it's almost week 7 and he likes him. i need to play him off of a shoma someday. ]
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[ absently rubs his neck thinking about it... anyway. ]
Yeah, that was the idea. Figured it'd be a good example too, when I actually did have things hidden that you didn't know about.
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he slouches against his tree. ]
I learned my lesson all right. [ missing a GIANT SCAR... but. ] Still... I dunno. I get that it's for the good of everybody, but I wouldn't know how to find evidence for something you did.
[ he likes del, so even if it's temporary, it's just insane to think about contributing to his death somehow. ]
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Yeah, it's tough. You can't imagine how bloody scared I got every time there was anything I thought might've pointed to Bas.
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[ good thing bas was too tall for literally every piece of evidence this time ]
You guys are family, right?
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he nods. ]
He's me younger brother, yeah.
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Oh, cool. You grew up together? You guys look really different.
[ this is rude but he seems unaware ]
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Reckon we must've had different fathers, for one.
[ though they never met either of them.
looking around a little at the artificial dreamscape surroundings again... ]
I also wasn't meant to stay lookin' like this, though. I mean, he was always gonna end up bigger than me, but it should've been a less dramatic difference. I just stopped growing around twelve, side effect of some magic that was bein' tested out.
[ just gives till the lore because it's almost week 7 and he likes him. i need to play him off of a shoma someday. ]
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Oh... like an experiment kinda thing. [ jesus. ] There's no way to undo it?
[ what if they find who did it and beat them up real bad. ]
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[ shakes his head. ]
Pretty sure it's irreversible. Not like I'd still be growing at this age anyway. I mean, it's not completely keepin' me from aging or anything.
[ just keeping him small... ]