AUDIENCE: SOO-WON

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[ ... goat stops walking. he doesn't necessarily look surprised, but. well. ] I...

[recrowns]

[soo-won

also stops walking.]

Are they related?

[he suspected it but]

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[ goat lets go of soo-won's hands, namely to clutch his head. ] I... I don't know...! [ brb having another breakdown over the thought that he's at fault for what happened to soo-won and co. ]

[recrowns]

[SWEET GOAT

soo-won just pauses at that before reaching out, letting his own hands fall over goat's to hold on carefully. his voice is soft and steady in comparison to the breakdown, as if trying to give goat something to hold onto]

... it's alright.

We don't know what happened, and you didn't mean for any harm to come to us, so it's alright.

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[ shakily, ] I-If that was based off my lost memories, then... I... [ aaaaaaaaah ]

[recrowns]

Then you were unwilling and unknowing.

[he says this with a remarkable amount of uncertainty - and he'll move to gently pull goat into another hug]

Even if the two are connected -

I don't blame you.

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[ he accepts the hug, though he's still very distressed. ): ] ... I'm sorry.

[recrowns]

[sweet goat!!!!!! but soo-won is at least

so used to being around distressed people by now, so he doesn't mind giving goat a hug and also reaching up to gently stroke his hair to try to calm him back down]

It's alright.

It's just one more thing that we'll have to look into.

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[ he seems to calm down after a while, at least. ] ... I apologize that I do not have more information to give you on that matter.

[recrowns]

[please save this poor sweet goat!!!!!!]

We'll just have to keep looking, right?

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... Yes. You are right.

[recrowns]

[soo-won just sighs a little bit at that, patting the top of goat's head - he'll have to be the one to pull away first]

... it's fine. We'll keep working together.

Trust me.

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[ well, goat likes this hug so he's not pulling away anytime soon. ] ... All right.

[recrowns]

[they're going to be hugging in the hallway and all the other leaders are going to know exactly soo-won's team

anyway]

It seems like we won't be able to know if what the other group experienced came from a different leader until we get them to unmask and regain some of their memories...

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[ yea ] ... So it seems. If any of them remember anything, they haven't said so...

[recrowns]

Hm...

I feel as though it'll be hard to get them to admit it to anyone not on their team -

But at least I can get us started on searching for that.

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[ he nods. ] You have many reliable allies, I think.

[recrowns]

... I think that I do too.

[and there, he sounds content]

I hope that will continue.

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I imagine it will. You're good at pushing people in action, from what I've seen.

[recrowns]

[there's just a bit of a laugh]

I think that just comes from how I grew up - but I do hope that it brings my father some pride.

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Perhaps this is why people keep suspecting you of being more than a merchant.

[recrowns]

Merchants can do everything that I do....

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You have an air of authority about you. [ a beat. ] Though I suppose I wouldn't know much about merchants or kings.

[recrowns]

[there's just a noise of amusement]

Not yet anyway - perhaps you came across them in the other memories you don't have.

But if I do have any authority, I hope that it's wielded well. I'm not used to such a... chaotic group.

[he says this

as fondly as he can]

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Everyone is very interesting. [ are they still hugging, are they ever getting up from the ground. ]