aerodynamic | INBOX for purgastory

[ without any sort of adverse reaction, he just pats his head once. twice. then, he withdraws his hand entirely. he has no words to accompany the action, he just hopes it's enough to speak for itself. ]

How has progress on your shard been? Have you been making steady advancements, or has it been steps forward and steps backward?

[ good enough. it means shoving aside that part to focus again, bowing his head briefly before looking up again. ]

It's always been forward, it feels like. I haven't felt like I'm going the wrong way but I know a few people haven't felt the same. That's a whole other problem we should try to help fix, too.

Then there's nothing wrong with you spending more time on yourself, yeah? It seems like following your heart's done you good. We're pretty much in a waiting game waiting for these mazes to spring up.

But that's how I feel, too. Especially now that we all know what we're looking for. It's one thing to be responsible for our own selves, and another thing entirely for another person.

I hate waiting. [ he's good at it, usually, but he hates it. ] It's like... they're further in the maze, but how do we know they're really safe until then? I don't like having to wait for the maze to let us proceed and be stuck waiting for it to say I'm doing this right.

[ a pause. ]

... who's in your shard anyway?

You and me both.

[ But what can they do? He's always been good at pretending to be glib.

Because it's Yosuke, he'll out his shard and hold it flat on his palm. He doesn't think he wouldn't believe him—but it pretty surreal. ]

Thorns. Weird, right? Apparently he hasn't had much luck with his shard… so maybe that's why he's here with us. I need to help him more directly, or something like that. When I haven't really been.

[ he leans forward a little to peer into the shard, and the surprise is pretty visible in his features. ]

... man. [ MAN!!!!! ] It's weird to have him be there and also here, but... yeah. He's one of the ones I was thinking about when he told me this place was starting to do stuff to force him to bond. [ man...... ]

How can I help you both?

He'll probably make more of an effort, now that he knows his decisions affect someone else. If I'm being real with you, with everything I've said, he'll have an easier time talking to you than me.

[ He rises to his feet, pocketing his shard with nonchalance. ]

So… if you could just be there for him, I'd appreciate it. And I know it's a given, but I'm here for you, too. Regardless of whatever I've said today.

Yeah, I get it. [ he can understand the hesitation of saying things to a person you know well and especially with their history. ]

I'll do what I can. I wanted to get to know him better anyway even before knowing he's important to you, so I can do that. [ but there's a half-smile. ] I appreciate it. I think... I need to maybe get better at asking for help, but we have a pretty important mission here.

[ give him a second and he'll bounce back to his feet. ]

[ He holds out a pinky and returns a half smile back. ]

To make sure our shards get back to where they need to be, right?

[ linking their pinkies together. ]

Whatever it takes.

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