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[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