AUDIENCE: SOO-WON

[retellers]

Comments

[recrowns]

[friends who do the handholding]

Mm, perhaps... But I also think that...

[ . . . ]

In those moments when you feel vulnerable, like you want to hide... it's even harder to open yourself to comfort - than to be the one doing the comforting.

[not that he's speaking from experience or anything!]

So - thank you for trusting me.

[retellers]

Well... we are friends, are we not?

[ soo-won said so! ]

[recrowns]

We are.

[and he nods easily at that]

I'm glad you remembered yourself - that's what I would've said next if you didn't agree.

[GENTLY BULLY GOAT INTO LETTING SOO-WON CARE FOR THEM]

[retellers]

I wouldn't forget that... Probably.

[recrowns]

If you forget, I'll remind you.

[retellers]

Then... I'll do the same if you forget.

[recrowns]

Oh.

Forgetting you would be incredibly inconvenient. Would I walk around Leaderless?

[retellers]

[ ... ]

I'm not sure of what would happen, actually. We would probably still be connected, so that wouldn't be an issue... but, um, I suppose you would never have a reason to call for me again...

[recrowns]

Oh, I'm sure I'd come back to talk to you eventually.

[for some reason he sounds

very assured of that]

So if it ever does, remind me that we're friends, and tell me that I have to visit you at least twice a week or you'll get lonely.

[soo-won!!]

[retellers]

[ soo-won!!

they nod. ]

I can do that.

[recrowns]

[there's just a soft little laugh at that]

Good.

[he'll give goat's hand another squeeze before letting go]

Then that's one less thing for me to worry about.

[retellers]

I don't want to give you cause for concern...

[recrowns]

If it helps, you're not the most concerning person I've met in this place?

[retellers]

... I don't think that helps.

[ they? don't want anyone to be concerning?? ]

[recrowns]

[kano and hikaru exist

soo-won just laughs a bit]

I think that having friends just means you'll worry over them from time to time, and that's alright.

[retellers]

... Okay, if you say so.

[ soo-won is the expert on friendship, after all. ]

[recrowns]

[soo-won nods]

I do.

Do you think you spent a lot of time alone?

[retellers]

... I'm not sure. I don't know how to describe this feeling...

[recrowns]

Hm...

How does your heart feel?

[maybe that'll be a place to start?]

[retellers]

Like it's trying to tell my body many things at once.

[recrowns]

Is it hard to untangle what those many things are...?

[retellers]

[ they nod. ]

Like a river that has branched... I don't know which to follow, or where either ends. I can only remain standing at where they part ways.

[recrowns]

[ . . . ]

Are you normally a decisive person?

[retellers]

I don't know. I haven't had to make many decisions here.

[recrowns]

[ . . . ]

I hope you'll be prepared should another emergency arise...