Aurora - Rean Heart

[awakenerd]

You float in a void--darkness around you, above, below, in every direction, nothing. You stand on nothing, you even breathe nothing. But you do not feel in danger, you are not suffocating. You are simply existing in… Nothing.

Crow | Towa | Dusk | 80H | Rufus

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[awakenerd]

Because you thought about him buddy!

Teo smiles, a kind of complicated expression.

"What can I do for you, Rufus?"

[ruinatings]

I can't quite say. The mission is simply to "prove" a connection to him. I suppose we're meant to interact with something useful, or make an improvement, but my connection to Rean is, as you're aware, somewhat tumultuous.

[awakenerd]

"A tumultuous connection is still a connection. You've been watching him for quite some time, and to him, the connection has been a much longer one."

[ruinatings]

So I've found.

[Unfortunately!]

I have a mind to make him less meddlesome. In its own way it should help. He can focus on himself if he's not being so annoying all the time.

[awakenerd]

"Do you think so?"

[ruinatings]

I do. Of course I offered to do it more kindly, but apparently he's so incredibly selfless that isn't even possible. So I'll elect to be selfish.

[awakenerd]

He sighs and drinks his tea, expression distant.

"I wonder if you will. It's not beyond your capabilities, but it may be beyond your wishes.

His meddling stems from love, after all."

[ruinatings]

[...Hm. Well that's even more annoying.]

Perhaps he has an overabundance of it.

[awakenerd]

"That's rather hard for me to comment on. Still, if you wish to make him more self-aware, I'm sure there's some way to nudge him towards it. It's always been one of his failings."

[ruinatings]

[mmmrrrghhh]

That would be an acceptable alternative.

[awakenerd]

His smile is a little sad.

"Rufus."

[ruinatings]

Don't worry. I don't intend to hurt him unnecessarily.

[awakenerd]

"That's not what I'm worried about."

[ruinatings]

Is that so?

[He has a feeling he doesn't want to talk about this, but... whatever.]