linkingup | IN THE FOREST OF THE LOST

...Maybe it wasn't a lie, and there was a time when she wasn't like this, or maybe she was always like this but you were too young to realize it. Either way, it doesn't really matter, does it? Thinking about when this all started will just make it hurt more.

[Which isn't to say that she should ignore the fact it hurts at all, but sometimes you need to pick your battles.]

You don't have to go back to a life like that, though. You can shake up the status quo and break the rules she made for you and find a future where you're happy. Actually happy, with nobody else telling you what to do.

... Thank you. I-

I know we're not close. But- everything you've done tonight... it means a lot to me. And so do your words. I'll remember them.

[He waves off her thanks.]

It's nothing to thank me over. Anyone else would say the same thing.

[It's just common sense!]

... You remind me of Ena.

I think you both would try to eat each other, though.

I think I'll pass on anyone who might try to vore me.

Not literally.

( baps! )

Your tempers would clash. So would your egos. ... But I also really want to see you both team up on something. Though, you'd probably make a lot of people cry...

( bitch gets bitch, or something. )

[Heh!]

Hey, my ego's not that bad.

[But he has made people cry, just mostly on accident.]

She writes music, yeah? Maybe we could collab on something, if we get the chance.

She's one of our singers. Kanade and I handle the writing.

...

I want... to play again.

[Oh, so she's the useless homo of the group just like Haruka!]

So play. There's definitely places to get instruments back in the real city, and failing that... could just do karaoke.