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[pyrighteous]

[ Instead of a welcome message, there's just muffled noises as Hunter tries and fails to get his comm to do what he wants it to do. ]

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[pyrighteous]

[ Hunter just keeps clinging for the moment. Nods against him. ]

Yeah? You are?

[apuckalypse]

Uh-huh. I've never had to do what you've done, but if I did, I dunno if I'd have the courage. You had to look at your whole life and change your perspective to get where you're at now. Admitting that things were wrong, when you always thought they were normal... that takes a lot of strength.

[He kisses the top of Hunter's head.]

That's the kind of strength you've got.

[pyrighteous]

[ Oh. That's all true, of course. Things he has thought in fact!! And yet it's different hearing Casey lay them out like that.

He nods, sniffling a little. ]

I never thought of it as a strength... just that it was hard.

[apuckalypse]

It is hard, but you did it anyway. That's part of why you're strong.

[He keeps petting through Hunter's hair, holding him close. It's good to be strong but also okay to need to be coddled sometimes, too.]

[pyrighteous]

[ Hunter is more than happy to keep clinging. ]

Thank you - um - thank you. And sorry.

[apuckalypse]

[Casey tilts his head questioningly at that.]

Sorry for what?

[pyrighteous]

For being a lot of work in general??

[apuckalypse]

[His eyes widen at that.]

You're not! Not even a little work!

[pyrighteous]

You can say I'm a little work. Because I'm definitely that.

[apuckalypse]

Well. Okay. But we're both a little work, in that case.

He's had his share of breakdowns and disaster moments too! Mutual non-destruction, it's part of why they function well.]

[pyrighteous]

[ Oh. That - gets Hunter to relax a little. ]

I don't mind putting in the work for you if you put in the work for me.

[apuckalypse]

I don't mind at all.

[Casey smiles brightly.]

So, should I apologize for being work, too?

[pyrighteous]

-- no! Of course not!!

[apuckalypse]

[The expected answer, which Casey is pleased by. (Trap caaaard)]

Then you don't need to apologize, either! We should be saving those for when we actually mess up.

[pyrighteous]

...

[ Oh. he gets the point. it took him a second. ]

I ... I guess you're right, huh...

[apuckalypse]

I think maybe you still worry too much about being imperfect. But we're both messy, and that's okay. I'd even say it's good.

[They probably wouldn't have bonded so well if they weren't.]

[pyrighteous]

My uncle -

[ No. Not his uncle. Not his uncle EVER AGAIN. ]

... Being perfect seemed good. I'm glad it's not.

[apuckalypse]

[Casey's arm around him tightens a little, a squeeze of a hug.]

He wasn't perfect, either. For him to expect you to be is crazy.

[pyrighteous]

... I guess it is crazy, huh.

[apuckalypse]

[He winces a bit. He should ease off on the Belos issue, if Hunter wants to avoid talking too much about it.]

Sorry. I'm supposed to be helping, not making you feel worse.

[pyrighteous]

[ Well - Hunter mostly seems conflicted, as he frequently does in this situation. ]

I don't feel worse. At least, I don't think so. It's just sore? Like healing.

[ He looks down at his left hand, waggling those new fingers of his. ]

[apuckalypse]

Oh... yeah, that makes sense.

[His gaze follows Hunter's. Still getting used to that, but it's a positive change, right? So many of them are positive changes, even if it's strange or new or complicated. It really is healing.]

Healing always takes so long. But it feels good to bandage things up... when you take it off later, it looks so much better than how it started.

[Sort of like revisiting sore issues after a few months of letting your heart mend.]

[pyrighteous]

[ Hunter nods at that. And gives Casey a soft smile. ]

Yeah. That's exactly right.

When I think about how I was before...

[apuckalypse]

[Casey returns it, taking note of how it looks. It was a gradual thing, but now that he's thinking back-]

Your smile's changed a lot.

[pyrighteous]

-- huh?

[ It's true, of course, but not what he was expecting. ]

Really?

[ Now he's getting out his relic to check selfie history. ]