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[fiddlestick]

Elliot Craig

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[fiddlestick]

Thanks. If you don't wind up in jail for breaking and entering...
Yeah. Maybe one day.

[HE HASN'T FORGOTTEN WHAT YOU'RE DOING]

So how do you know my brother?

[mercurio]

or maybe it'll be what keeps me from committing a crime
who knows

you mean carlos? i met him when i was maybe around 14?
stuck inside an elevator kind of scenario
claustrophobia kicked in real fast and he helped me out through it

[fiddlestick]

That's sweet, I think, but I doubt it's that impressive.

[But aw. He can't help but smile at the screen- proud of his brother]

Heehee, that sounds just like him.
He acts so modestly, but he's always saving people.

[mercurio]

he's a firefighter right? gotta be special kind of someone to do that kind of job
guess that talking about carlos made me feel self-conscious about my planned b&e
no crimes from me today

[fiddlestick]

Oh thank goodness!

[YAY CRIME AVERTED.]

Yeah, he's a firefighter.
He wanted to be one ever since I could remember,
even when he tried to say otherwise.

[mercurio]

i'm glad he ended up being what makes him happiest
he is happy right?
he mentioned he's working several part-time jobs

[fiddlestick]

Huh?
What do you mean he's working several part-time jobs?

[GUESS WHOSE BEEN LIED TO]

[mercurio]

huh
i must have misheard

[fiddlestick]

How do you mishear "several part-time jobs"?

[mercurio]

well that's not /exactly/ what he said

[fiddlestick]

What did he say then?

[mercurio]

i don't really remember it was weeks ago
so i could totally have misheard

[fiddlestick]

[Elliot isn't entirely convinced, but he'll let it drop.]

Alright. I'm sorry.
I just worry about him.

[mercurio]

that's normal
you think he'd keep something for you? to keep you from worrying?
i can ask him

[fiddlestick]

... A little, I do.
He always puts my happiness well before his.
Which not that I'm not grateful but...

[he worries. He wants Carlos to be happy too]

Haha, sorry.
You don't have to talk to him. It's fine.
I don't wanna drag you into our family issues.

[mercurio]

hmm... perhaps carlos' happiness comes from making sure you're happy?
some people are like that

[fiddlestick]

I know that's part of it, sure.
But sometimes I worry he takes it a little far.
And I don't think I'm a great choice to be anyone's only source of happiness.

[mercurio]

couldn't you just talk to him?

[fiddlestick]

I have!
It took forever to convince him to become a firefighter again.
He's just so stubborn and he means really well so I start to feel bad after awhile.
It's almost like kicking a puppy...

[A giant 6'2" puppy that could probably lift Elliot with one hand.]

[mercurio]

sometimes the truth hurts though

[fiddlestick]

Isn't that supposed to mean it hurts to hear the truth, not tell it?

[mercurio]

well one end is gonna have to give at some point right?

[fiddlestick]

Ohhhh no don't put it like that.
It'd be my end that gives first.
I'm very sure of it.

[mercurio]

[he's not....sure how to politely say he doesn't know what's best to do and that he should just do what's best between them??]

[uhm]

in the end you got each others' back right? that's what matters

[fiddlestick]

[It's okay Prompto he's not really looking for advice. You haven't reached the proper social link level to unlock his backstory anyway.]

Of course, we're still brothers.

I'm sorry, that probably got way too personal.
I didn't mean to unload that much on you.
Don't worry about it, okay?