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[GRABS THE COUCH PILLOW AND SMACKS HIM WITH IT]

Answer the question, Minuet!!!

[ DUCKS UNDER THE BLANKET ]

--OW, OW, hey!! Remind me what the question even was!!

[gives him another halfhearted smack with the pillow before stopping]

Do you not want a place to call home?

[ Lowers the blanket a little, cautiously ]

. . . Someday.

[...puts the pillow down]

When's it going to be "someday"?

When I can put my gun down, I think.

It's not something anyone needs to worry about.

You're never going to put your gun down. Stupid.

It's not fair for you to say no one else needs to worry about it, either. That's not how life works. We care about you, so of course we're going to worry about it.

That's not true!

[ maybe ]

I've just -- got some loose ends to tie up, that's all. You know that.

[nudges Minuet's shoulder with his own]

I know that. It's because I've also got loose ends to tie up that I know you won't stop. There's always going to be something else that comes up. Don't make excuses and don't say "someday." Someday is too late.

... What exactly do you think I should do, then?

[ genuinely ]

...I'm not the best person to ask. But, don't run away. Don't put off things you'll regret not saying. And if you find a place you're happy, it's okay to settle down there. Even if it's only for a while.

[ pff ]

I think I've run my fat mouth plenty here, don't worry.

Really? I feel like a lot of what I know about you I heard from Styx.

[ POT, KETTLE ]

That implies the things I might regret not saying are personal anecdotes, which seems untrue.

...

[tries to put him in a headlock]

[ This is very easy to do ]

--HEY!!!

I want to know about it! I'm sure Charon does too. And Mute, and all of the rest of your friends. Don't be stingy.

[ Probably if this were not a dream, this is where he'd dive for a window ]

Why?! It's mostly just shitty! And it's over anyway.

[trapped in a dream there's no escape!!!! the headlock isn't really doing anything to keep Minuet there, honestly, it's pretty loose, but it's just making Lethe feel better]

It's just what people do for each other! I can't change what happened in your past any more than you can change what happened in mine. But I want to hear about your sister, and your brother, and why you have that stupid heavy metal arm, and I want to hear more about your other sisters too. I want to hear about the best and worst things you've ever experienced. I want to know about the things you love and the things you hate. That's what friends do.

[ He sorta gapes like a stupid goldfish, which seems to happen a lot around Lethe actually ]

...

[lets him out of the headlock]

You probably didn't know since you haven't had a lot of friends growing up. But now that I've told you, you have no excuses. Remember it.

... Sorry.

It's just -- hard.

You don't have to apologize. It's not like I think it's easy either.

How 'bout we make a deal... I practice sharing, and you practice sharing.

It's not like I don't wanna know too.

Deal. But if there's something specific you want to know, you'll have to ask.

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