audience: emma perkins

[cyclists]

Comments

[foodbin]

...Yes.

[Even with the slight hesitation, it sounds honest and sincere, achingly so.]

[cyclists]

...a lot of people wouldn't feel that way. [It's admirable, actually.]

...so explain to me why you think Naminé deserves someone different. [It's a nice little segue.]

[foodbin]

...We were supposed to save the world. I had an idea, he was going to do it. But it didn’t work, and now - I think things must have been frozen before it kept going, but it’s on the way to wipe out the rest of humanity.

[...]

If my plan allowed that to happen, how am I supposed to protect one person?

[cyclists]

Was the plan failing really your fault, or are you just saying that because it was your plan?

[foodbin]

I couldn’t go with him to make the plan happen. I won’t ever know, but even if not... I’m not exactly a model citizen. I ignored any responsibilities for ten years to go hiking.

[cyclists]

In South America...wherever that is. [Okay fair, but.] Didn't you also decide to go back and do other stuff because you wanted to be more responsible? And there's a difference between not being able to go and not wanting to go.

[foodbin]

Wanting to be more responsible doesn't make up for fucking off and doing nothing for a third of my life, and it doesn't mean I'm good at being responsible. That's why I think she should have gotten someone better.

[cyclists]

I still think it counts for something to come back and try again instead of still doing nothing, but maybe that's just me. [Also? He knows a lot of people bad at being responsible.]

...how much do you know about Naminé anyway? Now that you've been partners for a while.

[foodbin]

...Not too much. There was the memory thing, but - I think that gave me more questions than answers. But I know she's a good kid.

[cyclists]

Yeah. She's very kind...but people didn't always treat her very nicely in return. We've talked about it a little. [It's not his place to say too much, but.] Even if you don't think you're that responsible when it comes to stuff, I think at least caring about what happens to her is worthy of a partnership.

She might not have been so lucky in some cases. [Hisoka.]

[foodbin]

...It could have been worse. I just think it could have been better, too. That's all.

[cyclists]

You could say the same for everyone here. [Like. None of them asked for this.] But...just be nice to her and you'll be the best partner possible for her. If you had to pick someone else for her, could you think of someone better?

[foodbin]

I feel like you're expecting the answer to be no, but it's definitely yes, so...

[She waves her hand.]

I wasn't asking you to reassure me or anything, Roxas, seriously.

[cyclists]

I'm not reassuring you, I'm just telling you what I think. What's wrong with that?

[foodbin]

[She looks like she's about to say something

but then she decides to be nice to the baby.]

Nothing, I guess. Is that enough for the second one, or...?

[cyclists]

[Seethe...]

Yeah, I guess. [No?] Tell me about the third one then. Which was...about someone else?

[foodbin]

...Yeah.

[She frowns.]

If you had feelings for someone in a place where anyone could get killed, or possessed, wouldn't you be kind of nervous about it? To say the least.

[cyclists]

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I don't know. Wouldn't it depend on what kind of feelings they were?

[foodbin]

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What kind of feelings do you think I'm talking about?

[cyclists]

I don't know, that's why I'm asking. [Emma help he is, like, not even two yet.] f

[foodbin]

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Romantic feelings.

[cyclists]

Oh. [What the fuck is love. He pauses then. ] Why would that make you nervous? Isn't love supposed to be kind of a good thing?

[foodbin]

No, it is, but... I mean, think of having a really good friend in a situation like this. Wouldn't part of you be terrified of losing them?

[cyclists]

Of course I would. But I'd still want to be with them every day that I could. Even if I knew it was possible to lose them someday...I'm not going to stay away from them. Or hide from them.

[foodbin]

I wasn't saying that I was going to. I was just saying that I'm - worried, you know? If we keep going at the rate we're going...