Nah, that's not true. Taisho's all people who are really stubborn, right? I dunno how anybody thought somethin' like that wasn't gonna happen eventually, with a team like that. She wasn't happy there, but that doesn't mean she didn't belong. People can belong a lotta places! People keep tellin' me I should be on Heart Soldier, and they're not wrong but I still belong right here, too, y'know?
I know things got awkward, and you and C don't get along, but that doesn't mean you don't have just as much right to Alcheme as any of the rest of us.
Exactly! The hero is the ultimate authority on stuff like belonging and friendship.
[ settles back down, along A's side rather than on top of him, propped up on his elbow. He calms down a little, thinking for a few seconds, quietly tracing an imaginary line across A's shoulder as he does.]
'Cause of C? The others like you, but I kinda feel like you decided everybody likes him more, so you don't hang out with us much... so of course they do... you get me?
So show up! We got the new guys now, they haven't had time to make too many decisions about people yet. You're great... they're gonna like you if they get a chance to!
And no matter what, you're Alcheme and we need you.
Jealousy! It's hard for you with stuff like... people agreein' with C, 'cause it seems like they're definitely picking him over you, right? When that's not necessarily what's happening, and especially not on alcheme! We all got a place here, man... just 'cause other people are liked doesn't mean you aren't, too! Just as much! It's not like there's a limited supply going around.
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I know things got awkward, and you and C don't get along, but that doesn't mean you don't have just as much right to Alcheme as any of the rest of us.
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I know that you belong on AlcheME.
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Well, if X says so, who am I to argue?
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[ settles back down, along A's side rather than on top of him, propped up on his elbow. He calms down a little, thinking for a few seconds, quietly tracing an imaginary line across A's shoulder as he does.]
You been worried about thiz?
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I've had reason to, after all.
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'Cause of C? The others like you, but I kinda feel like you decided everybody likes him more, so you don't hang out with us much... so of course they do... you get me?
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So show up! We got the new guys now, they haven't had time to make too many decisions about people yet. You're great... they're gonna like you if they get a chance to!
And no matter what, you're Alcheme and we need you.
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[presses closer]
It's not that I intend to avoid them...
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[pauses because he feels like he's not going to like the answer, but in the end he can't resist asking:]
What would you say that is?
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And what, pray tell, is C's enemy?