calmthefoxdown | [imeeji] IC Inbox

[ Nods. ]

... I ended up doing stuff in there, because a lot of it felt... weirdly familiar? In a way?

I can listen. Tell me about it.

[takes Gold's hand to squeeze

the one without onigir]

Mm, I just think Shrike and I are kinda similar in some ways, so stuff in there, sometimes I got it even though it was crazy war stuff I had no experience with?

[ Squeezing B's hand. ]

Similar how?

Mm... quiet? In a holding back opinion kind of way.

Heh...what a sad place of solidarity. But you're not wrong either.

[cheek kiss]

How'd that work with doing stuff in her heart then?

I think I found a bunch of shrines to people she either hurt or killed? So I deconstructed those a little...

Why'd you do that?

Shrike's heart worked a little differently from others I've been in, in that there were laid out objectives that you were supposed to aim for. One of them was encouraging growth. If she had full-on shrines to people she's killed, I thought maybe one of the things she might want to grow past is putting those people in a worshipping-like status.

... She's been kind of subservient to Kohime whenever she comes around, and she had a shrine too.

...why Kohime?

Some kind of relationship drama I have been staying out of.

Why does everyone have drama....

Are you cool with the subservient thing with Kohime?

Sounds bad, but also that's a decision Shrike has to make for herself.

But also I definitely broke down all the shrines in there a little.

Well, the heart itself did encourage changes...

Yeah... but I'm still worried I might have interpreted things wrong and messed things up.

... But I also feel like probably Shrike has some parts of herself she wants to change, but doesn't know how. And a little push forward could help her and... I do want to see her build up her own strength to do the things she wants to do.

[hair ruffles]

If the heart wanted it, all you could do was the best you could with the guidance you had. And you can help her from the outside too.

Mm... I hope she's getting support from her other friends though. I don't really know what everyone gets up to in the day-to-day.

[ Leaning into B some more. ]

Thanks for listening though.

That's what I'm here for. What else is bothering you?

[ Reaching up to tug at B's cheek. ]

Your turn, soft boy.

Ah...I'm fine? Intensity took good care of me even in his heart and Duality was fine. Talon's was a little scary but I had my power so I was able to be someone else when B was too small to handle something.

No new traumas developed whatsoever?

There was a hostage situation but I already have a memory involving that. Only old stuff.

And I was invisible so I wasn't scared for myself, just the hostage.

That still sounds pretty bad to live through.

I mean you're not wrong but at this point...

In my memory there were lots of hostages, I wasn't special. So could have been worse.

Sorry about my life.

[ Sighs, dropping his head onto B's shoulder. ]

Hidden magical boy, right.

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