[He' s about to go on, until Komaeda wraps them in a seahorse tail. Oh...this tail, over his lap...
Atem runs his free hand over the part that's across his knees.]
This brings back memories, you know! It reminds me of your birthday party, at the lake...
[The fronds get petted, sliding between his fingers.]
...you put your tail in my lap, and I had no idea what to do! You didn't mean anything by it, so I wasn't sure what to say. I don't think you even liked me, then...
[That party is one of Atem's first good memories in Ryslig. Before everything went wrong...before the hairline cracks in his heart that Daniel left turned into fractures, into fragments and chasms and missing pieces, a heart that he's holding together in any shape he can, even if it's not the right one.
He remembers simply spending time with friends...]
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[He' s about to go on, until Komaeda wraps them in a seahorse tail. Oh...this tail, over his lap...
Atem runs his free hand over the part that's across his knees.]
This brings back memories, you know! It reminds me of your birthday party, at the lake...
[The fronds get petted, sliding between his fingers.]
...you put your tail in my lap, and I had no idea what to do! You didn't mean anything by it, so I wasn't sure what to say. I don't think you even liked me, then...
[That party is one of Atem's first good memories in Ryslig. Before everything went wrong...before the hairline cracks in his heart that Daniel left turned into fractures, into fragments and chasms and missing pieces, a heart that he's holding together in any shape he can, even if it's not the right one.
He remembers simply spending time with friends...]