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[oneandmikleonly]

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[splinten]

You know there are seriously some problems with him taking on all the emotional burdens of a field of murderous strangers.

[LIKE. FOR REAL.]

[oneandmikleonly]

You think I don't know?

[there's something in there; a sharp stressful note he isn't able to modulate in time]

...sorry. I was pointing it out as a contrast, not as an alternate option.

[splinten]

[Jesus. There's a pause.]

It's okay. You sound less than okay, though, dude.

[oneandmikleonly]

It's an ongoing worry of mine too, that's all. I can help him in combat, but seraphs can't help Shepherds with...the emotional burden...not directly, anyway.

It's not -- [a mental sigh.] This wasn't supposed to be about our problems.

[splinten]

Like I said, it's okay. I can't in good conscience ask even Fantasy Soul-Diving Jesus to purify my soul when it puts that kind of burden on him. I'll have to work on being less of a pathetic piece of shit the old fashioned way.

Which is apparently goats.

[oneandmikleonly]

[another pause

then, on a gentler note]

I have not found any good goats in the marketplace yet, but we could go flying.

[splinten]

This is going to end in me carrying you back in my sylladex again, huh.

[he isn't saying no though]

[oneandmikleonly]

No, that time was with a boat, not a goat.

[he's smiling, a little bit; you can hear it, even though telepathy]

When do you want to...?

[splinten]

[Good. Dirk feels bad about prying into Sorey's things and how that upsets Mikleo. He can understand; it'd kill him watching Jake or Roxy or Jane take on burdens like that.]

Whenever you're free, dude.

[oneandmikleonly]

Okay. Hm. Where are you right now?

[splinten]

I'm at the edge of the city where we came in.

[Mikleo knows that Dirk is Not used to people.]

[oneandmikleonly]

Perfect. Don't move -- well, no, I mean, of course you can move. But don't go anywhere.

[there's a little period of silence after that]

[splinten]

[Mikleo will find a campsite that Dirk and Jake have been using, because they're stupidly anxious about being near too many people. Dirk raises a hand to greet Mikleo as he approaches.]

I was going to apologize ironically about moving just now, but you undercut the literal interpretation of your command.

[oneandmikleonly]

Is it still ironic if you point it out anyway, or is that on a different level...?

[he waves back, picking his way into the camp; is Dirk actually physically blorting more malevolence right now than the last time they talked?]