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Y-yeah!
I've read all about roses! The red ones mean love, the white ones mean innocence, yellow means friendship...
I've read all about roses! The red ones mean love, the white ones mean innocence, yellow means friendship...
They mean, um. Wanting something that isn't real, like... someone who won't love you, even though you love them. Because roses can't really be blue.
They're pretty, though.
They're pretty, though.
Edited 2020-06-01 07:39 (UTC)
[Well. Having parchment paper is probably a good idea.
She sets the bowl of dough on the counter and gets out a couple of actual baking sheets and puts the parchment paper on them.]
Now we just have to spoon out the dough. Put them a couple of inches apart.
[She demonstrates, getting a spoonful of frozen dough and putting it on the sheet]
She sets the bowl of dough on the counter and gets out a couple of actual baking sheets and puts the parchment paper on them.]
Now we just have to spoon out the dough. Put them a couple of inches apart.
[She demonstrates, getting a spoonful of frozen dough and putting it on the sheet]
Teacups...?
[ how is that. how is that a thing you ride on ]
Well... maybe I can work my way up...
And I guess I'll be okay if I'm with someone else.
[ how is that. how is that a thing you ride on ]
Well... maybe I can work my way up...
And I guess I'll be okay if I'm with someone else.
[Grips back, her hand a little clammy]
Nn...
[Scrunches her eyes shut and hhhhesitantly takes a step. And then peeks them open again, to make sure he's still right there (hand holding or not), and takes another, until she's able to reach him]
Nn...
[Scrunches her eyes shut and hhhhesitantly takes a step. And then peeks them open again, to make sure he's still right there (hand holding or not), and takes another, until she's able to reach him]
I dunno. I'm not like, very smart? But I'm pretty sure someone smart said that.
[looking around]
Ah. It's all underground.
Ah. It's all underground.
If you get scared you can just, um.
[LOOKS AWAY, bashful - before quickly collecting himself and grumbling,]
Just hold my hand or whatever.
[LOOKS AWAY, bashful - before quickly collecting himself and grumbling,]
Just hold my hand or whatever.
If it's really okay, then...
[ pause,
and then reaches out for his hand. ]
I'm. Always kind of scared.
[ pause,
and then reaches out for his hand. ]
I'm. Always kind of scared.
There, that wasn't so hard.
[He's starting to feel a little more confident in these sticky shoes now - 'standing up' straight seems super easy! It didn't make sense, but WHY QUESTION IT.]
Hold on, I can piggy-back you the rest of the way.
[He's starting to feel a little more confident in these sticky shoes now - 'standing up' straight seems super easy! It didn't make sense, but WHY QUESTION IT.]
Hold on, I can piggy-back you the rest of the way.
Hmmm. Well...
[He picks out a nerf blaster - one with a big rotating clip of darts]
Guns are stronger than bows anyway.
[He picks out a nerf blaster - one with a big rotating clip of darts]
Guns are stronger than bows anyway.
O-okay... Th-thank you...
[Following the head of her new hero; if nothing else she doesn't think he's going to just like push her down and laugh or anything]
[Following the head of her new hero; if nothing else she doesn't think he's going to just like push her down and laugh or anything]
[Gonna try and heft her onto his back - sticky shoes, still going strong - and once he's sure she has his arms tightly around his shoulders,]
Hold on tight.
[Hurries down the wall and hops off onto blessed, solid ground, feeling distinctly Cooler now.]
Hold on tight.
[Hurries down the wall and hops off onto blessed, solid ground, feeling distinctly Cooler now.]
Too bad, I wonder how they make them.
[Did he say something weird? He fidgets a little in silence again, not sure what to do.]
...I think you'll be a cool hero. So if-- if you need someone to believe in you, I will.
...I think you'll be a cool hero. So if-- if you need someone to believe in you, I will.
I read about that in a book too!
[Maybe Nero was more of a nerd that expected]
You can, umm. You can put blue dye in water. And then when you put a white flower in the water, the water goes up the stem and the colour goes into the petals.
[Maybe Nero was more of a nerd that expected]
You can, umm. You can put blue dye in water. And then when you put a white flower in the water, the water goes up the stem and the colour goes into the petals.
You sure know a lot.
[That's...something he should remember. Maybe. For reasons. It doesn't matter.]
Do you like to read?
[That's...something he should remember. Maybe. For reasons. It doesn't matter.]
Do you like to read?
[Nods, pleased with himself]
Yeah! I like learning things.
Yeah! I like learning things.
It shows.
[Is it weird if he pats Nero's head? He doesn't know how to say with words that he's proud of him for it. He doesn't even realise that's what the feeling he's having is. So a gesture will have to suffice.]
[Is it weird if he pats Nero's head? He doesn't know how to say with words that he's proud of him for it. He doesn't even realise that's what the feeling he's having is. So a gesture will have to suffice.]
I'm going to be the best hero.
And I'll find a way to protect everybody.
[ grips the steering wheel tightly. ]
No bad guys are going to get the best of me.
And I'll find a way to protect everybody.
[ grips the steering wheel tightly. ]
No bad guys are going to get the best of me.
[His lip trembles for a second, as though he wants to say something too but-- the words aren't coming out.]
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