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...also hugged?

You don't want to talk about it, huh...

[And right after they JUST discussed this.]

...Well, I guess that's alright.

[ Oh No ]

[ that

does not seem alright ]

I mean. We just talked about some of the stuff going on lately. And like...

Uh, good news, I found out that nothing's really keeping us on the boat? Besides, you know. Being on the open sea. But nothing too spooky.

...

Is that good news?

[He is picking up on how ominous it is Aster did not bring it up on his own.]

[ it could be good news

sighs after a moment ]

Okay, okay, just...don't freak out.

I won't, I won't.

I jumped off the ship yesterday. Earlier, before I talked to Cinth.

[Look at him doing so good at not freaking out, even if he obviously tenses.]

...And what happened?

I landed in the water.

[ see? it's fine. ]

Had someone around to fish me out. So, I don't recommend it, but like...there's no Blessing or anything keeping us onboard. As far as I can tell, anyway.

[Just going to wait and see if Aster wants to explain any more than that on his own.]

[ nope! ]

...

When I don't know what's going on, I just worry more imagining things, you know.

[ HE REALLY DOUBTS THAT IN THIS CASE ]

I mean, it was...a really stupid idea, I know. I won't be trying it again. But I wanted to be see just how stuck we really are. If there were some easy way out, and we'd just been waiting around, getting tortured in performances...it was making me crazy to think about.

I don't blame you.

Where'd you jump down from, anyway?

[ maybe if he says this super casually, snow won't think about the basic physics here, ]

The decks. Open air and all.

[Well the good news is he isn't freaking out!

The bad news is he knows basic physics, and it shows when he looks away because ok well he knows how that went now.]

[ breathes out slow, says, softer, ]

Sorry. I'm fine.

[He wrenches his gaze back to Aster. See? Not freaking out.]

...Mm. If you're sure.

What would you have done if I'd said I was interested in trying it myself - just to see?

What do you want me to say?

[ doesn't actually sound frustrated, despite those words ]

That it was stupid to try? It was. That it was desperate? It was that, too. The details? Believe me, there's such thing as knowing too much.

...but if you really want to know more, just ask me, and I'll tell you.

I'm not calling you stupid.

[Immediate. And then, softer:]

I know what happens when a body hits water from this height, Aster. ...It's not a soft landing.

...I told you. I just end up imagining all kinds of worries on my own.

Even ones as gruesome - or worse than that.

[ he reaches out for both of snow's hands. this is going to suck to hear, and to say, but holding hands might help. might be something, anyway. ]

I didn't actually count, but I definitely broke some...probably a lot...of bones on impact. Ribs for sure. They started trying to un-break, which is a super creepy thing you probably know more about than I do. And...I mean, yeah, I went under long enough to...

[ "drown a little" ]

...you really want to hear me say it?

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