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[stillsea]

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[culet]

Stolas mentioned his portals. If nothing else, it's a connection.

[stillsea]

We'd have to see if his portals can go into entirely different worlds instead of just between Hell and the human world.

...I'd feel bad always bugging him about it, too.

[culet]

That frequent, you promised?

[ but he feels the same, bothering stolas, as kind as the demon was. ]

Allow me to pry, Leng Feng? I'm good at keeping a secret.

[stillsea]

I didn't promise anything about frequency, but I'd want to check in.

[ ...smiles, but shakes his head. ]

Sorry. I don't think they'd appreciate it.

[culet]

Hmm. Fair enough. I wish you the best with your secret tryst.

[stillsea]

It's not a tryst!

[culet]

Ah? A true love. Cherish that.

[stillsea]

It's not that, either! We're just friends!

[culet]

[ fixes this thread ]

If it were only that, you wouldn't be so shy. There's feelings of some kind greater, even if it's not romantic.

[stillsea]

[ god. ]

We're friends. [ firmly. ] And I don't want to leave them behind. That's all.

[culet]

It's okay to love. I love Narja, for example. [ ... ] Just... it's worth saying sometimes.

[stillsea]

...That's pretty admirable. That you can just say that.

[ he's surprised? ]

I don't think I can, but I care a lot about them. And not just them - others, too.

[culet]

When I woke up, I realised that being open about the things you appreciate makes every pressure a bit lighter. It's not just the bad that people hide, but the good, too.

[ he nods, though. that's fine. ]

Something to keep in mind, that's all. You can show them through actions.

[stillsea]

It's not like I disagree with that.

[ he is always advocating for being open about your feelings and such, but "love" is a big word, and it's not like he keeps his thoughts to himself when he thinks they matter even without it. ]

I already try.

[culet]

I know you do. You try hard, and succeed often. But sometimes the words are nice to hear, and you shouldn't be afraid of them.

[stillsea]

I'm not, really. It's just... different.

[culet]

Okay. I'll stop pushing you, now.

[ a bit of recognition there, at least. ]

Can I ask a crew question? Mikoto mentioned the crew-only area out the back here. What's going on there?

[stillsea]

[ tilts head. ]

They called it an employee lounge. Nothing's really going on, we've just been spending some time there when we need breaks. Choi's been trying to arrange sleepovers, too, so we can have a little more time together before the season ends.

[culet]

Huh. That's surprisingly nice considering the timing...

[stillsea]

Right? I guess they felt bad about us losing our own space when the barrier broke or something...

Still, they put it together so fast that it had to be there already, so I have no idea why they waited so long to give it to us.

[ the company said you can't have nice things and then we never asked for nice things anyway. ]

[culet]

No, I mean... I'm amazed the company managed to get it to you at all, given the fact that it's been taken over.

[stillsea]

It seems like they still have a little power, but it's limited when the fans could take over whenever they like. They got that email through, too.