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[at_heart]

Who: LiliS + guests
Where: LiliS
When: Day 498 and BEYOND

[ we're good right? of course we're good why wouldn't we be good ]

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[stoneandstave]

...They fought you over it? [ Don't love that ]

It looks as if you've been patched up, at least. How bad?

[at_heart]

No. [ Pretty much immediately. ] The status ailments fought me over it. The other two members of ZRAEL that I talked to were, like, mildly annoyed with me, mostly because of the state she was in, and one of them helped me... contain her.

[ He says it heavily, though not as heavily as he'll say it in another few days after she's confirmed all his worst fears and then some. ]

Venti fixed me up. [ A crooked smile. ] Pro tip: don't give anyone on ZRAEL a chance to get inside your head.

[ more advice would go here but like maybe saving it for the training thread ]

[stoneandstave]

[ Mrr ]

A fight and your head got messed with.

Not that I don't trust you, but you're sure you're all right? That sounds like a lot.

[at_heart]

[ haha, about that ] [ But Lupine just. pushes a hand through his hair, looking suddenly very tired. ]

Mind Crush and Nightmare Vision are dangerous in combat and they can knock our defenses out if we're not careful, that's all. They don't linger into the next day.

[ Not for the first time, though, Lupine's grateful he doesn't really remember his dreams unless there's BiT intervention. ]

[stoneandstave]

[ Absolutely not concerning body language you have there ]

Good to know, but I more meant that having someone you consider a friend messing with your head might have a sting that lingers. Especially when it was our poison that made them act that way. [ Ours, not yours. ]

If you don't care to get into it, I understand. Just making sure you have a place to get into it if you happen to need one.

[at_heart]

[ But that actually, visibly, relaxes him. His tail even quiets. ]

Oh. Nah, that part's fine.

[ Zari might feel like it was absolutely her deciding to attack him, but Lupine really, genuinely, does not. Nothing about morality-swapped!Zari even really registered to him as Zari. She might as well have been a stranger. ]

...But. Thanks.

[stoneandstave]

Good. This place is enough of a trial without irreparable quarrels with friends on top of it.

[ He lifts a hand to give a wave at the thanks, in such a way that's less dismissive and more of an "of course, what am I here for?" ]

Despite all appearances, I'm actually a good listener. But I'm just as content to be a distraction if that's what's called for.

[at_heart]

The production doesn't get to screw up my friendships.

[ He said, like eight days before a game with the potential to do exactly that. ]

—Do you not look like a good listener?