[ that's close to a goodbye. he doesn't use his compact enough to even know that's how this is cursing people, he just thinks this place hates hien specifically.
as such, he does in fact go to river nearly immediately after saying he would. the haori immediately gets his attention and he pauses, blinking for a moment before he slows his approach to come and sit down next to him. ]
Hey, I'm here. [ he normally would not say it that way, but he has gotten used to seeing people zone out enough a little announcement may help. ]
[ He looks over at Yosuke after he hears the announcement and pats the space next to him on the ground. He could bring chairs out again like he did last time, but he's not in the mind to think about that. Besides, they're next to a river, even if it makes Hien uneasy, but he figures that's just his Self side being unreasonable again. Or maybe because it reminds him of Oblivion and that guy was a grade A nutcase. ]
"Thanks for coming."
[ Yosuke will feel some pressure inside his chest. Yay, weekly effects. Hien is indeed feeling anxious. ]
[ the good thing (?) is that yosuke is a kid who is very used to wrestling with his own anxiety, so he kind of recognizes it immediately for what it is. he doesn't draw attention to it, settling on taking a few deep even breaths instead. ]
You know I would always come whenever you ask. And even the times you don't. [ hehe. but... he gazes at the water. ] ... what's going on?
"Did I ever tell you about the part that if all my other selves die out in every world, I'll permanently become a monster that will stop at nothing to eat every single world that exists?"
[ Just straight to the point. ]
"And that two of those other selves don't have an expiration date unless they choose to have one or are somehow killed?"
Not... exactly, no. [ having it said so bluntly is a little new, but he can see why that might be alarming given what he knows about hien and how he operates. but he pauses as he seems to think. ]
... the memory from when we first met. Is that... ? [ a monster that would stop at nothing to consume marble-sized worlds. a monster that did stop when it came time to eat its own home. ]
[ Despite seemingly calm about it when that memory appeared, he was actually bristling with so much anger on the inside. It's fine. He just focused on new people that he never met instead and it helped him play it off. ]
"A taste of how it'll be like in the future, even though I'll no longer be conscious and in control of when I become a monster forever... some bullshit like that."
[ Hey, Yosuke. Do you want another boss fight. lol lmao ]
If you’re going to be indecisive enough to hit on me, can you at least do it normally?
[ why is he leading with kinks?
anyway tobari is waving a hand. he’s going to make the attempt to leave again now that hien has been brought to bed safely and seems fine enough to be making jokes ]
Go back to being unconscious. Give back my haori later.
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