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Who: Everyone messed up by the dragon plot, and visitors
Broadcast: N/A
Action: Blue Fish's clinic!
When: All throughout the Solrius dragon plot and through the space flight to the next destination.

[So several RPG characters, a dragon, and two messianic figures walk into a planet.

Everything is suffering and tears, there's a lot of dead people, there's no punchline. But, hey, for the survivors, the Blue Fish's clinic is treating wounds and generally being a decent place to rest and recover and pray you don't see a dragon again. And for those who weren't involved, there's enough people bedridden here that there may just be someone you want to visit.]

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[... She has to think very carefully about that.]

... Is... Is that good or bad?

[sorry you're so high rn buddy]

It saved them, so it's good. We'll need to figure something out to make sure they don't fall to corruption, but there's plenty of time for that. They'll be okay.

[tbh even if she wasn't high she wouldn't know]

... If there's any way at all I can help, tell me? I'll do anything you need.

Thanks, I'll let you know. Lailah and Zaveid, they've both lived hundreds of years with malevolence so I'm sure they'll be fine, but. I'm worried about Dezel.

That's the one Sora said might skin him?

Wh-

Did Sora say that? [did DEZEL say that] Dezel would never.

Skin him alive, he said.

How worried should I be?

Not worried in the slightest. Dezel would never lay a hand on Sora, ever. Sora was probably exaggerating.

Okay, I'll hold you to that and talk to him. But if I get skinned alive, tell Sora he was right.

[this is a great time for morbid humor, right]

...probably mention Sora first. Not that you have to worry about violence, but he'll be more receptive. He can be a little... [dezel-y]

If I ever figure out who he is, sure.

Oh. He's, uh. [Cranes his neck and points.] Right over there. That's him. [The guy with the green mop on his head, flicking wind every which way.]

... Huh. Okay.

[... i wanna see if i can out-wind him]

What was that pause for? [nightingale] Please be nice. You've both had a very rough time.

[she's good people, sorey]

I'll be perfectly nice, really.

[other than fucking with the wind.]

Well- alright. [Leans back in his chair.] ...do you need anything? I guess Opal is probably taking care of most of your needs.

.... I think, what I need right now, is to hear how you're doing after all of this...

I- [He shouldn't- no. She wants to know. She'd wanted to know.]

...I don't know. [Sorey presses the heel of his palm to his forehead.] I really don't know. Not good. I don't know.

... I know I kind of blew it already, but... If you ever want to talk, or just need to get something off your chest, you can always talk to me, okay? I'll try to be more patient in helping.

[He nods absently, rubbing at his forehead until he comes back to himself and offers her a smile, though thin and weak.]

You didn't blow anything. Even if you had, I'm the last person who would keep track. [Leans forward to pat the edge of her mattress gratefully.] I appreciate it.

[She just shakes her head.]

Don't worry about it.

And... One more thing? If you have trouble sleeping with this, there's some tea I got from Ino to help for a dreamless sleep. I can lend you some.

[since she wouldn't be surprised if he had horrible nightmares after this.]

I- [Looks up at her in surprise.] I might actually take you up on that. If it won't deplete your supply too badly.

If I run too low, I'll just ask Ino for more. It's no problem.

Okay.

Let me know if there's anything I can do to help replenish her supply though. Like...I dunno, ground up herbs or something. [look he never made tea gramps did that]

...Nightingale? That thing you were talking about, where you'd done something worse before? What did you do after?

I'll ask her.

[she has to think. What did she do? Besides cry a lot.]

... For a long time, all I did was hate myself. You remember how I was when you first met me, right? [with the malevolence that terrified him and Mikleo. ] That was after a lot of help and recovery. For a long time, I just wanted to go to sleep and never wake up again. I even tried to, so my team could get a new teammate, who wouldn't betray them.

But... It wasn't possible. So instead, I tried to devote myself to my team. I thought I had to make it up to them- especially Bluebird. I.... Did some more stupid shit, but that isn't important.

All you can do is try to make it up to the people you hurt. And if those people tell you it's okay and forgive you, believe them. Don't run yourself into the ground to try to fix what can't be fixed.

[She goes quiet for a moment, before adding in a softer voice.]

You may never forgive yourself. That's where I am. But in your case, remember what did all of that isn't you. You're a better person than that. Just.... Talk to those you're close to or who have gone through similar things. Don't bottle it up. Face up to what you did, accept it, and resolve that you'll never repeat that.