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Who: Lyvus and visitors
Where: Lyvress
When: Day 295, post-game
What: after game cuddlepile

[Four revived-but-not-completely-healed Corvi and a bitten-but-not-bleeding survived Lynx coming back from the Arena. Everything is terrible and everything hurts, but at least we got memories.]

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[it's not like a secret tryst or anything]

You'd better be.

[leaning in to hug him, gently]

[IT'S JUST IT'S BETTER LEFT UNSAID. And also, he's looking surprised for a moment, but he's going to smile]

... Thank you.

. . . thank you.

Did I do something special, or am I being thanked for being an exceptionally good middle-child?

You are an exceptionally good Spark. One of a kind, really.

Ah...

[that was unexpected. He sure looks embarrassed here]

[well at least you're not focusing on the pain then]

So thank you.

Taking me by surprise like that when I'm at my weakest is low, mommy.

I'll— drink some tea and then try to rest after talking with Dagger.

I have to jump you while you're not able to resist, obviously. Otherwise you might have your defenses up.

Later, we can talk about things. Whatever you want.

Mother is scary... but all right. Thank you, Royal.

I'm really glad that you're back.

I'm so happy to be back. [hesitate] I was scared.

Being taken by a Judge is probably frightening on its own. Were you scared of not being able to get back to us? Or was it something else...?

—Ah, you don't have to talk about it, if it's uncomfortable.

No, just that. I need to be with you. I need to see all of this through to the end—I'll be with Lyvus, until the very end. However it ends.

We knew you were going to come back to us, no matter what. And you did. We're going to stick together until the end. No more losses.

. . . yes.

And we'll get everyone else back, too.

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