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Who: DelPavo + anyone
Where: DelPavo
When: Day 276, evening, post-plotting
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[Whatever locks the Geardorm has on its main doors have now been very securely locked. And then re-locked, just to be sure.

A cranky tiny is scrutinizing them as if he's seriously considering adding more.]

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It's also strategy! Mirror's biggest strength is the part of your reflection you don't want to see. And even if it's not something most people can do, if you can face her when she's showing you that and still see her underneath, you can yell at her when she needs to be yelled at.

Haah...yelling wasn't really an option at the time, but your confidence is encouraging.

What happened?

...do you remember that time, in Rapunzel's heart? After Razzy...

When your eyes were hurt?

Mm...whatever she did...it was like that.

I didn't see much, that time. Only that you were really angry. And strong.

...yeah. It's dangerous. That's probably why she did it.

Do you remember what happens when you're like that?

For the most part, yeah.

What does it fee like?

A-ah...well...

Have you ever been...really, really angry?

[Thinks, and thinks . . . and nods.]

It's like that...only you don't really remember anything until after the fact.

So . . . if it's just feeling, instead of thinking . . . it's probably like the only things you notice are things you can be mad at, right?

Yeah. Basically.

Got it! If it's like that . . . I can't speak for everyone, but I'll be okay. And I'll keep everyone else as safe as I can.

You too... can I hold you to that as a promise?

You can.

I'll be okay, Tide. I promise.

...alright. I won't forgive you if you break it.

I wouldn't make it if I couldn't! Tide would just get angry at me all over again, and that wouldn't be good at all.

[Huffing out a slightly more genuine laugh, running his free hand over his face again]

Mm, best to avoid that...

It's part of being the person I was, to do that. To move between people, and in battles . . . even if the people are really strong, and the battles are really powerful.

But isn't that frightening?

[Shakes her head.]

I'm Ikki's link tuner. Even if the winds are so strong it's like standing in a hurricane . . . that's where I belong.