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[ he looks a little alarmed at the concern because tsukasa's such a normie and he doesn't want him to worry?

except all he does is flash him a thumbs up. yeah, he's fine. all healed! ]

[... my dude. He just reaches out immediately to rest his hands on Yosuke's shoulders, looking him over firmly and carefully.

Just to be sure.]

[ allows this? he reaches up to put his hands on top of tsukasa's, but he does in fact look perfectly fine.

hi? what are we doing? ]

[Hi.

He is looking Yosuke over very carefully--

And then he breathes out a relieved sigh, shoulders slumping as he hangs his head.]

Thank goodness... you jumped in there and--there was so much blood and...!

[ he squeezes his hands a little in reassurance and bonks their heads together briefly.

"yeah... probably not my finest moment, but i had to do something."

but he's fine! he didn't die? so it's okay. ]

[Aaah... Tsukasa leans in to that head bonk, huffing out a breath.]

No, no, I... I admire that you jumped in there to help!

[It isn't as though I could do anything, after all...]

But still... I'm really glad you're okay.

[ he doesn't quite ruffle his hair, but it's a near thing the way he puts his hand on tsukasa's head.

"you were helping with the games and i would rather you stay safe. we're all fine, everybody's back and healed... everything else we can figure out." ]

[... Tsukasa tilts his head into that hand like an affectionate cat anyway.]

... Yes, of course. I just--

[A beat.]

Hang on.

As much as the thought thing is convenient right now, Yosuke, you haven't said a word--?

[ tsukitty...

anyway yeah he sort of smiles and shrugs. YEAH. YEAH......

... yeah, he's not thrilled. ]

[...

...!!!

Wait, it can't really--]

From the river?

[ he nods because he can't do much else, but he does pull a (slightly wet) notebook out of his pocket to scribble on it. ]

It's temporary, but this is already gonna be a pain in the ass.

[ being calm about it is mostly just a cope. ]

[No kidding...

A sigh. Tsukasa rubs the back of his neck.]

I understand now.

[...]

If there is anything I can do to assist for as long as this lasts, please let me know! I would be happy to act as your voice in any possible way!

[ he finds this a little funny because he's so used to being yu's voice half the time. ]

I appreciate it. The last time I lost something it was for a week, so... it could be a while. Hopefully not though.
Plus we have a lot of other people who probably need an extra hand.

Yes, and we'll make sure that they all get the help they need as well.

[Firmly.]

Them, and you. I'm confident that we'll be able to help everyone, so there's no need to worry.

[ he'll just tug on his arm so they can start walking back toward the house. this is now going to be a thread of him writing and waving a notebook in tsukasa's face. ]

Man... I don't even really know where to start, you know? There's so many of them, plus what happened with like Won and Edamura-san.

[Honestly, hilarious.

Tsukasa is definitely squinting at said notebook every time he does so.]

You should start by taking it slow.

And I will start by helping out whoever needs it. I'll check in with everyone and ask them what they need.

[ the look on his face says he absolutely loathes the idea of taking it slow. he's fine!!! he just can't yap. ]

It sounds like they were still two different groups.
So my next question is how the hell did THAT happen?
It can't hurt to have multiple people checking on all of them.

[Just giving Yosuke a skeptical look.

He can just not yap now, but--he did get a chunk taken out of him earlier.]

I really don't know... I wonder if it is because we're getting closer to the heart of the maze.

[ he did and he'll cope with that later. ]

It's possible. We only have one sin left and we should hit that part of the maze tomorrow.
After that though... we still have to find everyone else. If this happens next week... I don't know how we're gonna fix it.

[...

Right. He needs to get it together.

It is moments like these when he's supposed to do everything he can to be the most reassuring, isn't it?]

If it happens next week, we'll figure out how to resolve it then! Just as we will in the aftermath of all of this.

I... refuse to believe that we would stumble so close to the finish line. No, I'm positive that we simply won't!

No, you and me both. We've come this far, the path has to be a lot clearer than it was at the start.
The only thing left to tackle is greed.
I can't even figure out what that looks like though.

[ which is also annoying. ]

Greed... Hm...

[He tilts his head from side to side as he thinks that over.]

Well, I don't believe being greedy is necessarily a bad thing in some circumstances. So! Perhaps that will be promising.

Wait how do you figure?
And what's the opposite of greed anyway? Giving?

[ the word is charity you idiot. ]

Well... I don't personally find greediness in one's life to be a bad thing unless it harms others.

What is the harm in being greedy for what you want and are striving for?

[So... so, there is that!]

I suppose the opposite would be charity, yes. Which is also a wonderful virtue!

I guess, but I wonder if that's considered greed or ambition. Or maybe they're the same?
Charity's not a bad virtue. Knowing how these mazes work we're going to end up in situations where we either give parts of ourselves we aren't anticipating, or taking things we didn't know we wanted.

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