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Who: Lightning Rod!11
Where: Lacerta!!11
When: Day 217, Afternoon!!11
What: !!!!1111one

[AFTER CHECKING ON DOLPHINS gosh this sure seems like a good time to go check on his FAAAAAAAAAVORITE LIZARDS--]

[only BAM. One second you see him running head first to their dorm, the next second he's bouncing waaay back into a pile of rocks]

[wat is this trickery \e_e/]

--what the heck was that?!

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[they are still well kept! just. ...Distinctly mortal again.]

Aah, Watanuki's beating me to tea. His is somehow better anyway, even tea...

[laughs a little]

Don't worry about it.

[smiles a bit]

How are you doing?

Ah—good! . . . ish.

. . .

Surprisingly good considering everything that's been going on? I suppose.

Hahah... well, that's good. I was pretty angry when you guys wound up not winning that damn game... I'm glad you're alright.

. . . ahhhh, mm . . . both Lynx and Corvus lost. I can't say I didn't anticipate it, though thank you for your concern.

Well, I didn't... We slotted you to win.

[looks honestly surprised for a moment, then quickly smooths that expression out]

Oh—. . . thank you. I . . . wasn't there, but I heard it was in groups of threes?

[saa... lookin' at him]

That's right. Three we're distant from, followed by three we care about... We put you in for the second one.

I'm just sorry it wasn't enough.

No, don't—apologize, I—thank you . . . ah, that's . . .

[possibly you have never seen Lelouch this awkward]

[almost definitely really]

...

[allen's expression, though it wasn't exactly tense to begin with, softens a bit.]

If you need any help at all after this, please come to us. We couldn't possibly make Mirror angrier, so we may as well keep gladly piling it on.

. . . I hope we won't have to, but—thank you.

I . . . is that really okay—?

Is what really okay?

Any of this.

It's fine. It's what we decided. It's not like it wasn't a painful choice...

but, it's fine. We take turns being hurt and hurting people we care about. And taking care of each other. So I'm glad I could tell you that we tried.

... Even though we couldn't succeed.

. . .

[reaches out spontaneously and touches Allen's hair lightly! . . . before shying away, playing it cool and grabbing his tea instead]

We all do what we can. In situations like these—we can't always win, but we won't always lose. But we also can't protect everyone we care about, even though we . . . really want to. But . . . thank you. For what you do do.

[goes. totally still when he does that, surprised, blinking wide while he listens.]

... You're welcome.

. . . haah, honestly, I look up to Lacerta a lot.

What? What for? Seriously?

You're just generally . . . really good people. You're self-sacrificing, but not in a way that makes you weak, and not to the extent that you don't look after your own.

It's—not something that would or could work for most teams. And while you have your troubles just as much as—or perhaps more than the rest of us—you can't deny that you're well-liked, and—mm, respected.

[fkhgn. what. do i.]

. . . ah, I...

I'm still stunned that we were unscathed in that game. I'm really grateful.

. . . I'm really glad you were. You honestly deserve it.

Ahhh, I think even Corvus would choose to protect you if they could, and I'll be the first to admit that Lynx and Corvus are very self-centered. But they know I care . . . and really, even though they're kind of rough on Cobra, they like him. A lot of them are just incredibly bad at showing it . . . or liking anybody outside the team, really.

[EYE CONTACT IS NOW DIFFICULT CONGRATULATIONS also his ears are red] ...

Plenty of teams full of good people are like that. That's a normal response to this place, i think...

We're -- as guilty as everyone else. And as selfish. [rakes his hand through his hair] Half the time our memories make us fall unconscious or change personalities, so we're just floundering, really. We'd just rather accept that but still care about people, I suppose --

In Mirror's case it gets us into awful trouble, but it's trouble we chose.

Mm. All the teams—we're not so different as we are alike, I think.

If there's ever anything I can do for you, though—