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[ She just catches the second gumball before it hits her shoe again. What a pretty color! She has never had a gumball in her life. Now she has two. ]
...Oh. [ She definitely noticed it stopped itself from repeating the same question back. A pause. ] Change is... scary, huh. And learning to do all these new things must be really hard for you. Living and feeling and making all these choices... I can see that you're trying.
...Oh. [ She definitely noticed it stopped itself from repeating the same question back. A pause. ] Change is... scary, huh. And learning to do all these new things must be really hard for you. Living and feeling and making all these choices... I can see that you're trying.
[ On the desk it is then, that's fine.
He smiles a little, but when he speaks again it's softer ]
You would accept a gift you didn't want if a passenger ordered it? Even if it was one of his creations, or potentially harmful? [ he's not concerned, he's just, you know. Concerned. ]
He smiles a little, but when he speaks again it's softer ]
You would accept a gift you didn't want if a passenger ordered it? Even if it was one of his creations, or potentially harmful? [ he's not concerned, he's just, you know. Concerned. ]
[a quiet laugh.] Of course.
[he trails a few more kisses along his shoulder, up his neck.]
...You don't have to pretend that you wouldn't toss them all into oblivion if I didn't care so much about them. I won't hold that desire against you. [sometimes, he even shares it.]
[he trails a few more kisses along his shoulder, up his neck.]
...You don't have to pretend that you wouldn't toss them all into oblivion if I didn't care so much about them. I won't hold that desire against you. [sometimes, he even shares it.]
...I'm not gonna be mad, Sparkles. I'm just... worried.
[ She holds a free hand out. A quiet invitation for Sparkles to take it for comfort, if it would like. Or give her another gumball. Flan had told her holding hands helps with the "big talks"... ]
I was really surprised, you know? When you called me "master." I know you're used to having one and maybe it's easier to follow what I want. I... don't want you to call me that and I don't want to be one. [ A pause. This is a lot more words than she usually says at once. ] I wanna... I want to be your friend and I want you to be free. You don't have to keep doing the things that I want to do either. It's okay to disagree. And if you're not sure, that's okay too. We'll figure it out. [ With time. ] I'll still like you.
[ She holds a free hand out. A quiet invitation for Sparkles to take it for comfort, if it would like. Or give her another gumball. Flan had told her holding hands helps with the "big talks"... ]
I was really surprised, you know? When you called me "master." I know you're used to having one and maybe it's easier to follow what I want. I... don't want you to call me that and I don't want to be one. [ A pause. This is a lot more words than she usually says at once. ] I wanna... I want to be your friend and I want you to be free. You don't have to keep doing the things that I want to do either. It's okay to disagree. And if you're not sure, that's okay too. We'll figure it out. [ With time. ] I'll still like you.
She gives a silent sigh of relief, and nods. "All right then."
And turns to head for the infirmary, narrowly stopping herself from saying come on, or anything else that might sound like giving an order. She does glance back to see if Sparkles is following.
And turns to head for the infirmary, narrowly stopping herself from saying come on, or anything else that might sound like giving an order. She does glance back to see if Sparkles is following.
"The excursions, perhaps? The fact that we're all still here, rather than being dumped directly into the engine as ghosts? The fact that you do still bother to resurrect us, albeit at a cost, when it would be simpler and perhaps easier to leave us dead? I've heard enough now to know this isn't like the world I used to rule. You aren't doing this purely for your own entertainment- and even if you were, that would still count as caring about something. It would just be caring about your own self-entertainment."
"As it is, I know you want us to suffer, or need us to suffer. And I want to help with that."
"As it is, I know you want us to suffer, or need us to suffer. And I want to help with that."
Is that an "I don't know" or an "I don't want to tell you."
[a formless shadow slips into her hand, a warm, solid weight.]
... Never thought about it before. Being... free. I thought, if I just got a master that was nice, it wouldn't be bad... Everything happened at once. [pause] And now I don't remember any of the parts that came after. I'm just... stuck. At the worst moment of his whole life. Forever.
... Never thought about it before. Being... free. I thought, if I just got a master that was nice, it wouldn't be bad... Everything happened at once. [pause] And now I don't remember any of the parts that came after. I'm just... stuck. At the worst moment of his whole life. Forever.
Always feels like a bit of both, with me.
[ She curls her fingers around the shadow gently. This is as much of a comfort for her as it is for her friend. ]
...His life? [ It takes her a few seconds to realize who it's referring to. She's viewed Sparkles as something— someone separate for a long while now. ] Oh. [ She ponders in silence for a moment. ] Maybe... you don't have to remember the other parts. You can make new memories, for your new life. That way you can be unstuck!
...His life? [ It takes her a few seconds to realize who it's referring to. She's viewed Sparkles as something— someone separate for a long while now. ] Oh. [ She ponders in silence for a moment. ] Maybe... you don't have to remember the other parts. You can make new memories, for your new life. That way you can be unstuck!
Mm, not all of them... Just the annoying ones.
Good for you, I guess. Have at it, tiger.
[ Well that at least he understands well. He never had to be perky about it though. Thank god.
He should probably leave her be, having now completed what he set out to do. ]
Are you... happy here? Or content, at least?
He should probably leave her be, having now completed what he set out to do. ]
Are you... happy here? Or content, at least?
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