AUDIENCE: SOO-WON

[retellers]

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[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. ]

[recrowns]

[i told you that soo-won's not letting go first this is 100% on goat otherwise it's just a cuddle pile forever]

They are.

And for the most part, it does seem that everyone's intentions are good. So that's sweet.

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[ please THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO GET TO THE NORTHERN AREA AT THIS RATE ] ... Yes. It is a relief to see, especially with all the suffering.

[recrowns]

[I GUESS GOAT DOESN'T NEED TO LEARN WHAT A PIRATE IS]

Mm. Though I'd like to end the suffering too...

[ . . . ]

But we need more information first, before we can determine how to act. Two weeks is not yet enough to determine whether anything is truly a pattern.

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[ NO ] ... Mm. There are things that could be unfortunate coincidences...

[recrowns]

[GOAT NEEDS TO STOP HUGGING]

Precisely so - but at least if everyone I spoke to is willing to be honest, we'll be able to verify some truths for each team.

It's not a terrible position to be as a starting place... and my hope is that Sharon might still be able to act on her own wherever she is, so long as her soul exists.

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[ SOO-WON FIRST ] We will see. I was being truthful when I said that you shouldn't expect anything from those who have passed, to my knowledge.

[recrowns]

[HE WON'T BECAUSE THAT'S RUDE WHEN GOAT WAS THE ONE WHO NEEDED COMFORT]

I'll choose to believe that - but perhaps it's a matter of regaining memories?

[he's not sure]

At the very least, she knows what the goal is and seemed capable enough, so I don't mind relying on her.

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[ STOP GOAT JUST LETS PEOPLE DO WHATEVER THEY WANT WITH HIM soo-won could punch him right now and he would be confused but also just go "well i guess that's what soo-won wants to do." ] What exactly did you two discuss that night...?

[recrowns]

[WELL GOAT ISN'T PULLING AWAY SO IN THE END THEY'RE GOING TO BE LEFT HERE FOREVER, JAN]

... she told me what she lost, and why it mattered to her more than anything to try to get it back. I told her why I couldn't die, because I have a nation that is relying on me. So I can't afford to meet my end here.

Though I told her that I didn't believe that the 'removed' were completely out of consideration - you hesitated to tell me before, in a way that didn't result in consequences, and perhaps I believed too much in the idea that there was more you couldn't say. [but it worked out? sort of?] So I told her that even if one of us were to be removed, they would have to work in accordance with the will of the victor.

Because ultimately we didn't have a problem with each other - it was only with the Realm for making us participate in this sort of business.

[ultimately pragmatic and soo-won's tendency to try to get whatever leverage he can in most situations]