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[bb_wolf]

Who: Bigby Wolf
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: You can try and find him about, he's in the forest.
When: Now? Ish?

[Bigby was only shifted long enough to get up the communicator where can see it and respond, so it's the giant wolf at a bit of a distance chatting to the screen.]

I'm curious. I hear people talk about wanting to go home more'n anything, but people I've actually spoken to? I know of about four of us who don't want to go back.

Which side are you lot out there on? Want to go home? Want not to? Don't give a shit?

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[bb_wolf]

Most are.

[Bigby watches him, gaze level.]

Yes. But I'm the only one like me. They all fear me.

[paraclete]

[That, at least, is something Kaworu understands. His features are smooth and warm like a flower petal, soft with sympathy. He's smiling, though his eyes lower for a moment, in respect or contemplation.]

It's impossible to dictate the fearful places of a person's heart, and to be feared is to be alone. But, everyone is alone, because everyone fears.

But people can intrude upon each other's loneliness, as well. They can forget that fear, for a time.

[bb_wolf]

[Bigby's expression is hard to read, because he's a wolf.]

Not everything fears. But I'm made of fear.

No, that isn't me saying I have no fear. Though I'm not sure if I do anymore.

[paraclete]

Hmmmm. [Kaworu's always interested in learning something new, but he is, at times, a little too self-righteous. He's pretty certain that everything does fear. But he'll compromise: ] That is, I haven't met a creature that didn't fear.

Is it hard for you?

[bb_wolf]

Is what hard for me?

[paraclete]

[Now it's Kaworu whose gaze is level.]

To be feared.

[bb_wolf]

No.

Why would it be?

[If it's a lie, it's as good as impossible to tell. If it isn't, he doesn't sound bothered at being asked.]

[paraclete]

It leads to hatred. Being hated is unpleasant. It's lonely. Loneliness is unpleasant.

[He pauses, then raises his shoulders in a noncommittal gesture. He can only speak of his own heart, so,] That's been my experience. I don't know how it is for you.

[bb_wolf]

[Bigby is quiet.

He's lonely. He's been alone his entire life, from the day his mother died until he was brought to Salem by Snow and Feathertop. Sometimes he didn't mind. It was better to be lonely and alone than lonely in a crowd.]

Yes. I'm hated by most of the Fables. And it's pretty lonely. But I have... friends?