[Her audible hesitancy causes him to glance over. The look on her face only adds to the awkward picture. He blinks.
"Safe"? What was safe? What does that mean?
...]
So you got to see home again!
[He brushes past it with another plastered-on smile. He knows people were sleeping with the dopppelgangers (take a wild guess how he knows), but he's choosing not to think about it in her case. It's jumping to conclusions! And he doesn't want picture her washing paint out of her—
Well, anyway!!!]
That was interesting, wasn't it? I got to see a few different worlds. I didn't expect the landscapes to have weather, though. One of them was so cold—
[He stops.
He remembers stepping into that frigid landscape alongside Esikko's doppelganger, trying to shield his child self from the cold. Remembers talking about it afterwards, teasing Esikko and calling his child self "cute." His stomach twists again, throat feeling tight.]
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"Safe"? What was safe? What does that mean?
...]
So you got to see home again!
[He brushes past it with another plastered-on smile. He knows people were sleeping with the dopppelgangers (take a wild guess how he knows), but he's choosing not to think about it in her case. It's jumping to conclusions! And he doesn't want picture her washing paint out of her—
Well, anyway!!!]
That was interesting, wasn't it? I got to see a few different worlds. I didn't expect the landscapes to have weather, though. One of them was so cold—
[He stops.
He remembers stepping into that frigid landscape alongside Esikko's doppelganger, trying to shield his child self from the cold. Remembers talking about it afterwards, teasing Esikko and calling his child self "cute." His stomach twists again, throat feeling tight.]
... anyway, here's the practice room.