AUDIENCE: SOO-WON

[retellers]

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[recrowns]

[there's just something gently amused in soo-won's expression because... at this point? he just can't help but wonder - ]

... well, what's one more burden?

At the very least, it will ensure that only one of us in your care has to dirty their hands.

[soo-won can get both kills for the team, it's fine]

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Just because you already carry many burdens, Soo-won, does not mean I should freely ask more of you.

[recrowns]

Why? Are you worried?

[somehow he has the nerve to sound gently teasing]

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Of co--Wait. [ a beat. ] This is a trap, isn't it?

[recrowns]

[the

laughing is answer enough]

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Soo-won! [ NO BULLY ]

[recrowns]

I thought you could use a little taste of your own medicine...

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This is very unfair.

[recrowns]

Is it?

What's the difference between this and all the times you've told me not to worry?

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[ ................. ]

[recrowns]

[ . . . . he smiles at that, and gives goat's hand a gentle squeeze even as they walk through the forest.]

I'm happy.

That you still care for me enough to worry.

So I will take it as a compliment - because we are friends.

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Of course I care for you.

[recrowns]

Then you know as well as I that the two feelings of care and worry are quite linked.

So even if I'm sorry to cause you worry.... It's still nice to hear.

But at the very least.... I can normally handle much worse than this. As long as I can return to my kingdom once we are successful in our aims - then I will rest easy.

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... Weren't you the one who told me that it isn't reassuring to hear that one's used to worse?

[recrowns]

Ah. So I was. How does that feel?

[HE'S SO MEAN]

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You should be nicer to your elders. [ :T ]

[recrowns]

I think I'm very nice to you?

[doubt.png]

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[ stares ]

[recrowns]

[sdlkfjsdlfkj

he just laughs as he pauses their walk to take both of goat's hands into his own]

Do you want me to be nicer?

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[ looks away ]

[recrowns]

[he's

laughing and just pulling goat into a hug]

I can be nicer.

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[ hug!! but. ] I don't believe you.

[recrowns]

Oh no.

[please give a better response than this]

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This is exactly why.

[recrowns]

[there's just a bit of a laugh at that

and when he pulls back just enough to look at goat, he does smile and try for something more sincere]

I only tease because it's a little fun - but you're always welcome to tease me back, you know.

I hope you don't doubt how important you are to me... or how glad I am to have met you.

I've been thinking about it for some time but I think.... even if the circumstances could have been better - I am glad I have been able to experience a world in which you exist.

[since the day that goat admitted that he suffered thinking of a world in which his child did not exist, did not live and breathe - soo-won didn't think that he could feel the same. not so viscerally.

but he does love knowing that someone like goat exists.

and for all his teasing, there is even more affection.]