SPACE COAST: PRIVATE CONVO: SHOMA

[murdergate]

[ sometimes i am mean to children ]

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[solesuccess]

[ nodd help. it's not emotion-share anymore but he may get the sense that shoma does, genuinely, find this funny albeit a bit exasperating. ]

Don't worry about that either. I know what I have to do here, so...I'm figuring it out. Besides, with everybody else on the crew somebody has to be a little responsible sometimes.

[ it is monday and we've already had two kisses involving a goat and a fish prince and then tuesday is a worm. responsibility is nonexistent in this godless land. but, before nodd can object: ] But I do take breaks.

[murdergate]

[ this kid is reminding him of the ambassador's son he used to travel with. that's a good thing. good boy. he won't immediately mess shit up by ruffling his hair.

the temptation, though. ]

You know, at your age, I was causing trouble all the time. Acting out's regular.

[ you know. biting. stabbing. ]

[solesuccess]

[ thank you, no ruffle. his headphones are probably in the way but thank you no ruffle. there's something about that though that causes him to grin, but this is a little less amused and almost more...melancholy? thoughtful? it's difficult to say what the vibe is on that. ]

I guess I can't say I haven't before back home. [ less biting and stabbing, more yelling and running away from home, but it's fine. ] But we are in a different place. It's harder here.

[murdergate]

Yeah? Are you sure you don't want to scream a little bit? Just fill your chest with as much air as you can then let it out?

[ what is nodd encouraging anymore ]

[solesuccess]

Oh, yeah, all the time. [ is this a joke? is he serious? it's hard to say. ] But I mean if one person starts screaming don't you think it'll make everybody else start screaming?

[murdergate]

[ must be serious, that's the most real answer possible. ]

Wolves howl together. Same principle. I'm on the side of a good scream now and again.

[solesuccess]

[ yeah. legit. ]

Not the analogy I would've taken but I also can't say that's inaccurate. Maybe we should all save the collective screaming for later. [ if (when) someone else inevitably dies, he thinks. ]