The Nineteenth Trial

[hot_mess_express]

Who: Everyone
When: Day 43, evening
Where: The Mermaid's Beach

Come on, come on heroes...! Come hither!

[ There's a playful giggle and the sound of splashing as the Mermaid's beach appears in the clearing. ]

Let's play a game...!

Comments

[voreaciously]

I do not desire, deserve, need, nor seek anyone's friendship. You are wasting your time.

[schrodingerscockroach]

I don't think I am. To be wasting my time, I'd have to think you were a waste of my time.

And I don't think you're a waste of my time.

[voreaciously]

Pay attention to the whole of it.

[schrodingerscockroach]

I did.

You don't really need to seek it out when it's there. Level of needing friends is always up in the air for everyone. Desire...

[Well, he's pretty sure that's a lie on some level. Whether she does is a question.]

And the thing about deserving friendship is that's not something you decide. The person offering it is the one who decides if you deserve it and I think you're deserving of mine. So it's offered.

[And he also noticed she didn't say she can't have friendship this time.]

[voreaciously]

Well, I do not want it. So the matter is closed.

[schrodingerscockroach]

I'll still have it offered if you decide you do want friendship.

[voreaciously]

I do not and will not. If that will be all, then.

[schrodingerscockroach]

Depends if you're ready to talk about those 'not important' things. Because I am going to ask about them in the future.

I still want to understand you.

[voreaciously]

That is never going to happen.

[does she mean to talk or understanding her? she does not say.]

[schrodingerscockroach]

Eh, when you're tasked with helping save the multiverse, a lot of 'never going to happens' seem far more doable in comparison.

[voreaciously]

You are free to believe in your delusions.

[schrodingerscockroach]

I am.

I consider you my friend, even if you don't consider me yours.