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[senior_citizen]

because Sabra AUs are fun and games until someone loses an eye

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[senior_citizen]

-- Long term?!

[midgardener]

[ nod nod ]

[senior_citizen]

Can I go back to Trickster's game?

[midgardener]

Ha hah.

[senior_citizen]

I'm not entirely kidding ...

[ hrrrfff just. presses a palm to his forehead, trying to think strategically about this. there's some interesting tattoos peeking out from under his shirt sleeve. ]

[midgardener]

That's what makes it an awful joke, you know.


[ god. gooood TATTOOS AND EVERYTHING. What does this mean? is this a second Steve? ]


Ah, hey, can I ask you something...?

[senior_citizen]

[ it totally could be, but then again you haven't seen your usual Steve yet today... ]

What is it?

[midgardener]

[ WELL, HERE'S ONE WAY TO ORIENT HERSELF ON HIS TIMELINE, AT LEAST ]

Do you . . . still have trouble breathing . . . ?

[senior_citizen]

[ ! ]

How did you know?

[midgardener]

I told you, we're friends.

[senior_citizen]

... I guess you'd find out pretty quick even if we weren't.

[ soft sigh ]

Breathing and my heart. Those are the big ones.

[midgardener]

[ whelp ]


Well, we'll keep an eye on it.

[senior_citizen]

I've got some backup too. We pooled together and figured out some things after it gave out the first time.

[ he gestures to the faint lights in his arm ]

[midgardener]

[ s c r e a m ]


Ah! Sounds practical.

[senior_citizen]

If you've really been in Sabra, you know how it is.

[midgardener]

Yeah . . .


[ her lips twitch, as she tries to get the strained smile off her face- not right now, Gainsborough. This is not the time. ]


Yeah, I know.

[senior_citizen]

[ like he hasn't seen that expression on other people's faces before. he pauses, for a moment. something in him relaxing. ]

... tell me something that's better here.

[midgardener]

What, the sky's not enough for you? Well, there's enough food, you can help out whoever you want.

[senior_citizen]

[ his eyes widen at that last one ]

No punishment? No Ophiuchus?

[midgardener]

It's really . . . nothing like the caves at all.

[senior_citizen]

That ... that sounds really nice.

[ he looks more terrified ]

[midgardener]

I know. It must seem like "is there really a place like that?" But . . .

[senior_citizen]

But you're telling me it's real. And ... if you left, and we're friends, you have no reason to lie. Right?

[ sounds like he's trying to convince himself ]

[midgardener]

None. We're not enemies, and we . . . don't have to be. Not at all.

[senior_citizen]

[ a small nod ]

I guess ... I guess I can believe that for now. Unless something convinces me otherwise. Fair?