Are too. [ also instinctively? you're both stupid, how about that. but he scrunches his eyebrows together as he tries to puzzle it out. ]
It's like...just about what's happening when we leave here. [ hold on. let's do a test. ] What do you think is going to happen when we get out of this place? For you.
I don't know, I assumed I was going to go back to where I came with Saya. [...] I didn't want to just, like, invite myself to go somewhere. I'm sick of being in places where I'm not wanted.
[ the thing he's not telling her is that this is hurting his feelings and he's just going to decide she's either cursed or she's really trying to let him off easy which is also fine. so he sighs at that. ]
...okay. Well...offer's there if you want it. It'll be there at the end of the week, too.
I don't know how many other ways to say you're so important to me. [ listen. after today he literally doesn't have enough energy to be embarrassed so let's just throw everything out on the floor for everybody to look at. ]
Don't be. I get it. [ he isn't going to dive into it, but he thinks maybe it's a thing about not being used to people caring still, so the natural reflex is to assume they don't care as much as you might. ] It's whatever you decide. And it doesn't have to be right now anyway, especially if you want to talk to Saya first.
I asked her if she wanted to come with me somewhere. I think I... I asked if... [nope. that memory is gone. she shakes her head, frustrated.]
I just don't want her to have to go back to where she came from, because it sucks, and she said yeah, she'd go with me anywhere. But she - she might not look the way she does now when we leave, so.
[ considering he's draping an arm over her again, yeah, she's allowed. will has the cocoa puff to cuddle so he's not worried about him sleeping alone in his room while he's with nimona. ]
...yeah. I didn't know if Reigen told anyone. I think I saw it in a memory of hers though. [ which he's softly pondering, but he doesn't think too much on it. instead, he rests his eyes a little but he's very much present for the conversation besides soup brain. ]
Saya's very herself. [ this is a compliment because he does like saya a lot. and because he's curious: ] What do you like about her?
I saw a little bit of her memories, yeah. [like, the worst of it, but. it's fine. she has to think a little about what it is she likes about saya, not because it's hard but because she's not very good at listing that sort of thing. nimona's like this person's vibes are excellent, they're mine now.
huff.] She's funny, and if people screw with her or the people she likes, she's not afraid to hurt them back.
... And we're similar, I guess. [in the sense that most people were afraid of them before getting here.]
[ he's nodding into the couch cushion because yeah, this tracks. memories are weird and they aren't always the best representation of stuff. but nimona knows a little and maybe that's good enough.
and her assessment of saya is also true, even if it gets him to grin just a little. ]
I wouldn't disagree. You're both pretty outspoken about things when you want to be. I don't think Saya likes being around people for the sake of politeness. She knows how she wants to spend her time.
[ thanks for not murdering, he's tired of covering for murderers. ]
I'm glad you had each other. [ honestly said. he's mostly glad nimona has someone else she feels like she can trust enough to talk to and want to be around. ] Do you mean the animorphing thing...? Or you want something else for her?
Yeah, that. [ it's really funny because it's straight up called shapeshifting in riordanverse, he's just making up bullshit. animal morphing. animorphing... ] She'd be a cool bird. Or something huge like...a bear. Or something cute like a gecko.
[ what the absolute fuck are you even talking about anymore, nico. ]
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It happened. You might not remember right now, but it happened. If I said it and Will said it and Temenos said it, why would it not be real?
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he should headbutt her anyway though]
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he does flick her in the forehead though. hellloooooooo. ]
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... What - why'd you flick me? Stop.
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she pauses, though.] ... I don't know? You keep saying stuff and I can't really... it's like I don't hear it.
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It's like...just about what's happening when we leave here. [ hold on. let's do a test. ] What do you think is going to happen when we get out of this place? For you.
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I don't know, I assumed I was going to go back to where I came with Saya. [...] I didn't want to just, like, invite myself to go somewhere. I'm sick of being in places where I'm not wanted.
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he's like. not sure how to process that right now. so it takes him a few minutes of staring at her tiredly. ]
And you just forgot I'd said you could come with us. And it sounds like Temenos offered you the same, too.
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[poor nico's soup brain]
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...okay. Well...offer's there if you want it. It'll be there at the end of the week, too.
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there's a pause, and then:]
... I do want to. I just didn't know that you wanted me to. [she sounds kind of embarrassed.]
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... Sorry. [she knows he cares. she is the cocoa puff, she's shame.]
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I just don't want her to have to go back to where she came from, because it sucks, and she said yeah, she'd go with me anywhere. But she - she might not look the way she does now when we leave, so.
[she rubs her face, like she has a headache.]
I don't want to go back to my world. At all.
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[ he shifts to lay back down again. ]
...have you seen what she looks like?
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Kind... of. [sweats] Reigen had her power that one week.
She said she'd show me sometime, but I don't really care what she looks like. I like her because she's her.
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...yeah. I didn't know if Reigen told anyone. I think I saw it in a memory of hers though. [ which he's softly pondering, but he doesn't think too much on it. instead, he rests his eyes a little but he's very much present for the conversation besides soup brain. ]
Saya's very herself. [ this is a compliment because he does like saya a lot. and because he's curious: ] What do you like about her?
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I saw a little bit of her memories, yeah. [like, the worst of it, but. it's fine. she has to think a little about what it is she likes about saya, not because it's hard but because she's not very good at listing that sort of thing. nimona's like this person's vibes are excellent, they're mine now.
huff.] She's funny, and if people screw with her or the people she likes, she's not afraid to hurt them back.
... And we're similar, I guess. [in the sense that most people were afraid of them before getting here.]
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and her assessment of saya is also true, even if it gets him to grin just a little. ]
I wouldn't disagree. You're both pretty outspoken about things when you want to be. I don't think Saya likes being around people for the sake of politeness. She knows how she wants to spend her time.
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Yeah. [...] She's told me a lot of stuff, and like, after Reigen died, we talked a lot about what we wanted to do about it and that felt good.
[spoilers it was murder that they never followed through on but REGARDLESS]
Like I said, I don't care what she looks like and I don't think anybody should, but it'd be cool if I could let her do what I do sometimes.
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I'm glad you had each other. [ honestly said. he's mostly glad nimona has someone else she feels like she can trust enough to talk to and want to be around. ] Do you mean the animorphing thing...? Or you want something else for her?
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The - what? You mean my shapeshifting? [she sounds amused.] No, that. I think she'd like it if she could be whatever she wanted.
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[ what the absolute fuck are you even talking about anymore, nico. ]
I think she'd like that. Picking how she feels.
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