....'s okay. [ deflating - the anger and everything seems to loosen, now, or at least internalize, and his shoulders drop away from his ears. ] It's not your fault.
[ for now, vax just has to take it, and take their advice. things are odd. percy doesn't remember half the shit that he does, so maybe - maybe something's off. it might be alright. he has to hold onto that hope for now. maybe some accented ginger wizard is messing with time ]
We can't help being in pain, but we can decide what to do with it. You aren't using that pain to lash out or hurt anybody. You're making sure of that. That's strength.
[ he just kind of looks up at them for a moment. not quite defeated, but searching that expressionless face for something - like looking for answers in the raven queen's mask. ]
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[they do seem genuinely sorry about it. something in the obscured facial features is sad.]
I think you'll just have to trust her to find a way to be.
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he shifts a little. ]
....'s okay. [ deflating - the anger and everything seems to loosen, now, or at least internalize, and his shoulders drop away from his ears. ] It's not your fault.
[ for now, vax just has to take it, and take their advice. things are odd. percy doesn't remember half the shit that he does, so maybe - maybe something's off. it might be alright. he has to hold onto that hope for now. maybe some accented ginger wizard is messing with time ]
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anyway, are you really going to let a statue tell you what to do? they nod, with a sigh.]
...You're doing well. You're doing the right thing right now.
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anyway he's taken worse advice from equally questionable people ]
Yeah? 'ssat?
[ i wrote a lot of nice feelsy tags up there and now have no more words left so he just sounds like a morose puppy. the verbal equivalent of 8C ]
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[a pat on the shoulder.]
We can't help being in pain, but we can decide what to do with it. You aren't using that pain to lash out or hurt anybody. You're making sure of that. That's strength.
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...
[ he just kind of looks up at them for a moment. not quite defeated, but searching that expressionless face for something - like looking for answers in the raven queen's mask. ]
Guess so. [ maybe. it doesn't feel very strong.
after a long, long moment. ] ...thanks.
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[they can be a parent if you need them to be. they seem pretty fine listening to a bird boy have an emotional crisis, at least.]