fiddlestick | aefenglom | Trails of Group Chat

I know you're joking, but ... yeah. If that's the feeling you wanna convey, say it. Or at the very least, acknowledgement that you care about him would be nice.

There's nothing wrong with telling people you care, Crow. And if anyone needs to hear it said directly, it's Rean.

Not that I have any great confessions planned, but sending one through a proxy isn't exactly direct.

[ There's a long pause before he sends off another message. ]

This feels like a pretty stupid idea now.
Just forget I brought it up.

Seriously Crow?!

[YOU ARE REALLY TRYING HIS PATIENCE HERE ARMBRUST. Sure he wasn't in a great mood to begin with between losing Rean, the lingering effects of the seed, and the chest pains from his bond breaking - but COME ON]

[But Elliot isn't really one to yell. Oh no, he has something much more dangerous up his sleeve when something matters to him. And Rean? Well, he sure matters to him a lot]

Nope! I'm not forgetting.
Rean needs to know people truly care about him.
So either come up with something genuinely heartfelt to say, or I'm telling him you got too bashful to say how much you really care.

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But surely you can come up with something much cooler sounding if you think hard enough, right?

Seriously?!
Alright, FINE. Give me a few minutes, okay?

Hey, Rean.

There's a lot I didn't get to say to you before you left. Some of it I probably wasn't gonna get around to anyway but there's one thing you really should hear:

Thank you.

For a long time, all I was going on was hate. Hate and and an anger strong enough that I thought there wasn't room for anything else in my heart. It permeated every part of ne, it was who I WAS. At least... that's what I thought.

But you saved my soul. You, the rest of Class VII, Towa, George, Gelica... the memories of my time with you guys slowly became something more. Not hate, not anger. They became important, treasured memories. And when I thought I'd finally achieved my goal, I felt... empty. At least at first.

But you chased me down. You stubborn, foolish idiots had decided those memories were treasures to you too, even after you knew the truth about me. You chased me down and you wouldn't let me go. And that emptiness was filled up with friendship, with warmth and happiness.

I know you probably have some stupid ideas about how you could have, should have saved me. But what you don't realize is you already did.

I'm glad I met you.

Are you happy now?!

[Oh wow, he was expecting way more pushback. But he wasn't going to look a gift horse in the mouth.]

Take all the time you need.

[And he means it, he'll be patient and wait by as Crow works things out]

[And then the long message comes. It's...wow. It was so much more than he'd been expecting. Elliot feels himself getting a little teared up just reading it, so he takes a moment to respond]

Yeah, I am. That was really beautiful Crow.

I promise to pass it on to him. It'll make him really happy, I'm sure of it.

Yeah, yeah. As long as he gets it.

[ Crow is so very embarrassed now. ]

He will!

And hey Crow? I'm really proud of you. I know it was hard for you, and honestly I wasn't even expecting that much.

[So you did real good!! Even if he's sure Crow's unhappy with him]

You weren't wrong. If anyone needs to hear it... it's Rean.

[ But yes, he is a bit grumpy right now. ]

Yeah, he does.

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