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[h2no]

YOU NEVER TOLD ME.
I JUST ASSUMED YOU WERE GOOD WITH ANIMALS.
WHICH, ALSO, ISN'T WRONG.

[versusseeker]

[Fair. All fair.]

srry
y i can
wut do u wnt 2 ask him?

[h2no]

DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
I WANT TO KNOW IF HE'S HAPPY WITH HOW I HAVE TO TREAT HIM HERE.
I CAN'T LET HIM OUT AS MUCH AND I WORRY HE MIGHT BE PUTTING ON A SMILE BECAUSE HE'S A GOOD BOY, NOT BECAUSE HE'S HAPPY.

[versusseeker]

[Oh, Archie. Oh, Muk! The very idea puts a heavy frown on Red's lips (not that you can see it, of course). But he's sure that Muk is happily simply to be with his trainer. And Archie has shown himself to be such a caring trainer time and time again, surely he does whatever he can to make the Pokémon as comfortable as possible.]

ill ask him
whnvr u want
k?

[h2no]

THANKS.
JUST NEXT TIME YOU COME OVER IS FINE.

[versusseeker]

how r the buns?
+ scarlett

[The newest addition to Archie and Brendan's little brood - a quoll named in Red's honor.]

[h2no]

THEY'RE PLEASED TO BE BACK, I THINK.
OR MAYBE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN SPOILING THEM.
SCARLETT IS ALRIGHT, I HAVEN'T SEEN HER MUCH. I'D IMAGINE BRENDAN WOULD TELL ME IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH HER, THOUGH.

[versusseeker]

good
<(o◕ᆺ◕o)>
seem lyk every 1 is p happy w u

[h2no]

[the next reply takes a long time to come through.]

YEAH.
THEIR CHOICE.
WRONG CHOICE, BUT THEIR CHOICE.

[versusseeker]

<(o◕︿◕o)>
wut do u mean?

[Yeesh, you and Blue with all this self-hate...]

[h2no]

YOU REMEMBER WHAT I DID, RIGHT?
I DIDN'T DREAM IT?

[versusseeker]

[Oh, Archie...]

y i do
+ it was bad
but its over + ur srry
u need 2 4give urself

weve all done bad stuff b4

[h2no]

THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GENTLY OFFENDING SOMEONE AND ALMOST KILLING EVERYTHING ON THE PLANET.
I HAVEN'T TRIED TO DELUDE MYSELF INTO THINKING THAT IT'S ANYTHING THAT COULD EVER BE FORGIVEN.
I JUST NEED TO STAY REALISTIC.

[versusseeker]

[Well, when typical fluffy protag speeches don't work, there's always this:]

feeling srry for urself wont do anything

[Trust him - he spent a good three years doing just that.]

recognize ur mistakes and do bttr
its all u can do

[Between you and Blue, he swears to Arceus.]

[h2no]

GET BACK TO ME WHEN ALL YOUR ATTEMPTS TO DO BETTER END UP IN FAILURE AND YOU MAKE EVERYONE AROUND YOU MISERABLE JUST BY CONTINUING TO BE ALIVE.

[versusseeker]

[Wait, what? No, no, no, no, no. Don't say that, Archie. Please don't say that.]

that's not true!
people care about you!
i care about you!

[h2no]

YOU DON'T KNOW ME.

[versusseeker]

[It's strange, but something about that short sentence alone seems to cut Red deep. They'd known each other for at least a month. They'd had a lot of good times, hadn't they? They see each other every couple of days at least.

[Here Red had thought he'd made a pretty good friend - is Archie just upset or did he really manage to fool himself that badly?]

i care about you

[Whether or not they're friends - whether or not Archie considers them to be - that much is still true.]

lmk if u still want me 2 tlk 2 muk

[h2no]

[the reason archie is outright rejecting this is because he doesn't think red cares about him. he thinks red is telling him what red thinks he wants to hear.]

YEAH, WHENEVER.

[versusseeker]

k