⬣//A BRIEF REPRIEVE

[cccorp]

>>Look at me.

⬣//BREATHE. EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY.

This is your Official™ catch-all log for the month of November. While the boss battles rage on, those of you who are looking to disengage from combat and kick your feet up for a spell can do so here.

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[selfconcept]

... My name is Hien.

[ He seems to be clinging onto that identity more than before. ]

I'm not Skeith. Not yet.

[justonezero]

-!

Do you want to stay Hien?

[selfconcept]

"Hien" was the most loved.

[ ... ]

... So it should make more sense to want to be Hien longer, right?

[justonezero]

[...How can he be so happy and yet so sad at the same time.]

...Yeah.

I'm glad. That you know people love you.

[selfconcept]

I think... I was scared of admitting it. Because it means that I'd let myself be happy, like I deserve it.

[ He never thought he deserved anything in his life. Basic necessities? Not even that. It's been so ingrained into his existence that he still feels that way even after forgetting his memories. ]

As the time gets closer, I realize what I took for granted... or maybe I always did.

[ He looks at Nanashi. ]

Do you? Do you know that people love you too?

[justonezero]

[He stills for a long moment.

But once it passes, he nods.]

...Yeah. Even if... I still can't understand why.

[selfconcept]

I don't understand why people like me either, but they do. The reason isn't really important though.

... I don't have the luxury to think about that anymore.

[justonezero]

...

We'll bring you back. I'll make sure I'm there, too-

I don't want you to disappear from this world.

[selfconcept]

[ Hien no longer feels like he wants to argue or correct anything, or even less than before, so he just sits there, staring blankly at him. ]

I hope... when it's your time, you won't have to be alone.

[ He finally slowly gets up from his spot. ]

[justonezero]

-What do you mean?

[His posture shifts - ready to follow wherever Hien may be headed.]

[selfconcept]

Being sick alone, dying alone, suffering alone... It's cold and lonely. It's worse when you had a taste of how it could have been.

[ If Nanashi wants to keep Hien here, he'll have to do something that expresses that clearly, or Hien just might disappear. ]

[justonezero]

[Since Hien's on his feet, he will indeed go to stand by his side.]

...You don't have to be alone through those things either, you know.

[selfconcept]

I don't get to decide that.

[ ... ]

But it would be nice if I didn't have to, at least emotionally.

[ There could be a crowd gathering around him as he dies and that would do nothing for him. ]

[justonezero]

Who would you want with you?

[selfconcept]

Makoto.

[ No hesitation. ]

[justonezero]

...We'll get him back.

[They have to. He has to hope it's possible.]

[selfconcept]

[ ...

Hien closes his eyes again and then reopens them a moment later. ]

I'll... get him back. I'll go look for him again. So, stay here. Get prepared with your friends.

[justonezero]

I'm already doing my homework.

Where are you going?

[selfconcept]

To where Makoto would be.

[ Though he seems a little confused on the homework part. ]

I'll surely... find him.

[justonezero]

Then you're still just searching.

I can come with you. Then there's two pairs of eyes.

[And one halo eye for a grand total of five.]

[selfconcept]

... Did you want to talk to him too?

[ He can't understand why Nanashi is insistent on searching with him. ]

[justonezero]

I want him to be safe, too.

[He's a person in the end, even if he's been convinced otherwise.]

[selfconcept]

[ ...

Hien takes Nanashi's hand, holding it gently. The next time he blinks, Nanashi will find himself in the jail space, just as Albedo had described it, but then he appears back in Mac Anu with Hien. ]

Can you access the garden's keywords?

[justonezero]

[-Whoa. He blinks a few times after the sudden jumps.]

Oh, uh- I can try?

[Are they near the chaos gate for him to attempt it?]

[selfconcept]

[ They're not so far off from the Chaos Gate, so he walks towards it with Nanashi in tow. ]

Go on.

[ Unfortunately, it would be blocked off even if Nanashi did have access... ]