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<Celestial_Princess>

[gatekeys]

I thought that just holding people under for a while was working
I mean, it WAS. It had been, but only for a while! It wasn't enough

I killed someone again, he's just a kid, I don't know what to do!

<motormutt>

[aboyandhiscar]

[Hoooly. . . It takes a moment to reply (having one hand isn't helping)]

calm down calm down okay? man I'm sorry Luce

do you have the body on you?

<Celestial_Princess>

[gatekeys]

No. I hid it, I don't even remember where!
I don't even know who he is - he's one of us, I know that much, but I don't even know who I should tell.

<motormutt>

[aboyandhiscar]

[...killing a monsterchild isn't much better, but there's some relief knowing that.]

Its, okay, i know youre not okay but it'll be alright. He'll come back.

look where are you? Do you want me to come get you?

<Celestial_Princess>

[gatekeys]

He'll come back, yeah, but he'll still have died! It kinda seems like that kind of thing would stick with someone!

[Okay, deep breaths, Mike is just trying to help.]

I'm by the lighthouse, in Vandare. I think I can get back to my place alright.

<motormutt>

[aboyandhiscar]

[hahah nope]

Gotcha.

[Then he goes quiet. Five minutes or so later, Lucy may hear the familiar screech of tires on the road before he hits the sand, skidding the car to a stop.He gets out, slamming the door behind him. ]

Lucy! You still out here?

[gatekeys]

[Lucy jumps slightly from where she's sitting huddled against some rocks. She scrambles to her feet, scrubbing at her eyes with the back of one hand.]

--Mike? I... I said you didn't have to come.

[aboyandhiscar]

I wasn't gonna leave you out here after that. [He hops up to the rocks, careful not to slip. She's been crying, that much is obvious, so he thinks he's made the right choice here.]

Just be easy, okay? Things are gonna work out.

[gatekeys]

How? [She grasps her upper arm anxiously, staring down at the ground with occasional glances at Mike.] I mean, that's what I told myself after-- after last time this happened, and now look at this!

That kid is dead, and whenever he comes back he's gonna have to remember this... I thought I had figured out a solution before, but I hadn't!

[aboyandhiscar]

You messed up. Just because you made a mistake once before doesn't mean you're not allowed to trip up again, you know.

Listen, I know it sounds crazy, but seriously, it's good he was one of us. Imagine if you had taken someone's kid that isn't gonna pop back up. [boy howdy that's comforting.] You're right, this is probably gonna leave a heavy scar but. . .c'mon, what isn't traumatizing here?

[gatekeys]

I... I guess. [But she doesn't much like the thought of being directly responsible for some of that trauma - or that, with just slightly worse luck, it could have been a kid who wouldn't come back.]

[aboyandhiscar]

[He puts a cautious hand on her shoulder.]

It's gonna be alright, I promise. I won't lie, folks are probably gonna be ticked. Can't blame them, right? Apologize, try to make it up to them, let it blow over.

[A beat, then he frowns.]

But don't let them try to take anything out on you. We're all in the same boat here.

[gatekeys]

[Her earfins give a slight flick and her shoulders hunch a little in response, but she doesn't pull away or snap at him.]

...Yeah. I'm gonna try. [She doesn't know how much they'll be willing to listen to her, and she can't blame them if they aren't. But she will try.

Then she hesitates before giving a quick nod.] Right. I... I won't.

[aboyandhiscar]

[That hesitation doesn't go unnoticed, and he looks her right in the eyes, serious.]

C'mon, Luce. Two wrongs aren't gonna make a right. If folks try something too extreme? Give me a holler.

[It sounds like a threat but let's be real, he'd probably just give them a very stern lecture and pizza. He then shrugs down the shore.]

I can still give you a ride home if you want.