PC: ACE 💀

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[ he seems to read the look but he just sort of frowns like "it's fine, don't be mad." ]

Yeah. I do. [ he at least sounds confident about that part. he doesn't think ace remembers this memory he shared a few days ago. ] Will sort of laid into me after the war against Gaea that I did actually belong there and I had people who were interested in actually having me around. He was obviously only talking about himself but...there were others. And things got better, and now...it's hard to think about being away from there for longer than I have to be.

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[ he does not remember the memory but he also barely remembers how they got on this subject it's fine his brain soup. he kind of tilts his head back and hums ]

Will's good. [ ... more words, ace. ] He was right. You deserve a home.

[ this is sort of related to being loved and accepted and missing home, sure ]

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[ his soup brain is okay. ]

He's...[ he goes quiet because he's not really shy about how he feels about will, but at the same time it's still something that deserves some reflecting. ] ...it took time to accept it. But between him and Jason, it stuck.

[ it's fine, because ace and his soup brain can have panels that decide now is a nice time to show up. ]

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[ ace is terrible and his brain is soup but the memory ends and he's laughing softly. it's a little worrying, but he knows they wound up out and fine, so he can just laugh about-- ]

Sappy. You guys are really sappy. [ teasing. ]

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[ bleeeeeh. he just makes a face at that even if he is also...fond. gross. disgusting. ]

Will's incredibly sappy, yes, and it's a fact I never let him live down. [ you are both sappy you fucking fool. ]

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[ ace sort of laughs ]

You're just as bad, though.

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I am not! [ indignant immediately. ] Not even close.

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You're worse than he is. [ he has no proof of this except he thinks it's funny to say ]

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[ indignant!!!

...but he does quiet again. ]

I'm not always great at showing affection. [ so. ] Overdoing it sometimes balances it out for him. That's all.

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You say that like it's bad. [ he pauses ] It's nice. That you can care about each other like that.

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[ he looks at the ceiling a little. ]

...some people may feel like it's unnecessary, but given the amount of times I've almost lost him even recently I think perhaps we're both justified here. [ he does not need to explain this to ace.] Plus there are things about this place that...really make things more complicated.

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Anyone ever actually tell you that? [ a little surprised but also a little like he would fight them. ace, no. ]

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Not in so many words but there have been people who've expressed frustrations with it before. [ he doesn't seem to want to elaborate either. ] Which I get. I don't really blame them.

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[ he makes a grumbling kind of noise ]

Tell me. I'll kick their ass.

[ he would not say it this bluntly and sulkily if it wasn't for the soup brain but here we are ]

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[ raising an eyebrow teasingly. ]

You don't think I could kick their ass myself? [ ace your brain is soup. but he's flattered (?) ]

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They'll just think you're offended. It's different when someone else tells them to fuck off.

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[ he shrugs briefly. ]

If you remember this conversation later, then I'll tell you. How about that?

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[ nods. pauses. ]

Hey.

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[ just an innocent smile? ]

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... Don't tell me things just because you think I won't remember. That's rude.

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Maybe I'm not always a nice person. [ hehe. but...he does seem to shift his way of thinking then. ]

...some of these are just things I think I want to tell people, but I don't know how to. So it feels easier thinking you may or may not remember tomorrow.

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Hmmm. Usually you do it people when they're drunk, not when they've got weird side effects. [ but it's teasing so he's clearly not mad about it. ]

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Most of my friends aren't old enough to actually drink where I'm from. [ it's entirely possible they could maybe figure out a way for underage drinking to happen, but he does not say this. ] Also don't judge me.

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I can judge you all I want if you're being rude. [ he laughs a little ] I... stole my first drink at ten, did I tell you?

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Yeah but you'd be wrong. [ stop. but he grins slightly, more than willing to entertain this. ] I don't think you told me that story, no. Why'd you do it? Just because?