audience: naminé

[cyclists]

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[whitewalls]

[ ... huh

she keeps her expression neutral, at least ]

What do you mean?

[cyclists]

...Lune and I have things we were doing on our own before we came here. If things don't go right here, I'm not sure we'll be able to leave and I can't let that happen. But...I don't know if I can ask for help on something like this either.

Does that make sense? [He's comfortably speaking, but he's not sure if she realizes what he's saying or who he is.] I don't like keeping secrets, but what about if it would only make things worse? Is that allowed?

[whitewalls]

[ naminé trying to math lady where sol came from and if this means he's further than axel or not.

hm. she's starting to regret not outright saying something. ]

... but what if it makes things better?

[cyclists]

[He shakes his head.] I don't know if it would.

...but we should focus on stuff here, shouldn't we? Three people is a lot to lose.

[whitewalls]

[ ... she takes another nibble of the cookie. ]

I wasn't expecting the number to jump so drastically.

[cyclists]

Neither did I. That's the worst part. [Cookie crumbs end up falling from his hood but whatever.] It means that something else went really wrong.

[whitewalls]

Will the number just keep getting larger every week? I don't think we'd last very long if it does.

[cyclists]

I don't know about that. But...if we don't stop everyone that's been corrupted, the number won't be getting any smaller either. That's why we have to work really hard.

[whitewalls]

Right...

Do you have any idea how long we'll have to keep doing this before it starts having any effect?

[cyclists]

We're going to try and find other places to reach out to. More gateways and stuff? If we find places that have a lingering darkness, we can clear them out and help stabilize the core some more. But I don't know how long that can take.

[whitewalls]

[ don't know how long... hopefully they're not all killed off before then. ]

How does stabilizing them work, anyway?

[cyclists]

When you purge the darkness from someplace, it helps add a little more light and stability to the core so it can reach out to other worlds. [So. That might sound familiar.] Lune and I are trying to find more places the corruption has spread to so we have a better chance of working against it.

[whitewalls]

[ oh. yeah, that makes sense.

she'll nod. ]

Is there anything else we can do to help stop it spreading?

[cyclists]

Um...[God. Help.] That's another thing Lune and I are trying to find. It has to be you guys.

[He just...kind of rubs the back of his head.] Sorry. We're not really good at this.

[whitewalls]

You're doing fine, Sol.

We'll figure it out.

[cyclists]

[...there's a nod.]

Thanks. [He shoves the rest of his cookie half into his mouth.]

But until then...what do you wanna do? We have a little bit of time before tomorrow gets bad again.

[whitewalls]

I want to meet your cow friend.

[ INTRODUCE HER ]

[cyclists]

Oh. [Oh my god.] The farm's not far. We can go right now. I should check on him anyway. We can take him a treat, too.

[This is before he has been informed cows are girls and not boys.]

[whitewalls]

Great. What do cows like to eat?

[ it's fine she wouldn't

correct sol anyway. it's fine. ]

[cyclists]

Ah...[iit: two kids who have never dealt with a cow. She's much nicer than Axel who later burst his bubble.] Grass, usually. But maybe he'd like apples? Swift Wind seems to like them a lot.

[whitewalls]

We can try it.

[ according to google, they eat apples ]

[cyclists]

[And he'll summon two apples out of thin air, handing one to her.]

Come on. We can walk...it won't take long.

[whitewalls]

Alright. Lead away.

[ she knows where the barn is. ]

[cyclists]

[To the barn they go! It's a quick walk and Sol's keeping a decent pace for Naminé to follow. It's a comfortable sort of silence, and by the time they get to the farm land Naminé will see one (1) cow waiting for them at the fence.

Sol has visited this cow enough times now that it knows him on sight.]

Sorry I'm late...but I brought a friend. [This is to the cow. Come along, Naminé, to the fence we go.]

[whitewalls]

Oh! S-- he's so cute.

[ did she just stop herself from calling ushi a girl? yes. anyway. ]

It's nice to meet you.