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[thekidsare0kay]

Characters: Sollux Captor and YOU
Setting: Anywhere you like, he'll be walking down the stairs towards the cafeteria
Format: Any is fine; I'll follow your lead
Summary: Sollux is having some trouble recovering from his labyrinth punishment
Warning: Baw.

[Sollux spent the first day after being released from the labyrinth curled up on his sleeping rectangle. He didn't much respond to anything his roommates might have said to him, lost in his own brain, and confused.

The couple of days he spent as a Helmsman seemed like an eternity, and now that he's been released, he doesn't know what to do with himself. The memories of who he is seem like foreign invaders. Sollux. He's Sollux, right? Who is Sollux?

Hunger, and a vague knowledge that food doesn't come intravenously to him here finally drives him to his feet and out of the door.]

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[thekidsare0kay]

[He nods, still looking utterly confused, and lifts his hand. Gently, he touches her cheek]

I don't...remember that you were here. Thith ith the tower, right?

[ofdewandglass]

[She smiles, leaning into that touch a little.]

I wasn't here, not till a little while ago. It's the tower, yeah.

[thekidsare0kay]

Oh...thorry, ff. [He cups her cheek, eyebrows drawn together] I think they thaid Eridan killed you. I've been here a long time. Like half a thweep.

[ofdewandglass]

It's all right. Don't worry about it.

[Does that matter now? She's more worried about Sollux. Feferi files that away for later.]

Half a sweep is a long time...

[thekidsare0kay]

[He nods, feeling awkward, and lowers his hand] Latht time I thaw you here, I made you cry. Do you remember that?

[ofdewandglass]

I - I don't. Not at all. I'm sorry.

[She wrings her hands a bit, not entirely sure what to say.]

[thekidsare0kay]

I'm glad. [He sighs and drops his own hand, looking down] I'm glad you're okay.

[ofdewandglass]

I - mm.

[She doesn't want to ask, but she does anyway:]

...what happened?

[thekidsare0kay]

[He doesn't want to talk about it, really. He swallows and looks away. That was real, wasn't it?]

You wanted to be my matethprit...but I wath already with aa.

[ofdewandglass]

I - I'm glad. For you and her. I don't ever want to get inbetween you and what's gonna make you happy.

[She can see it, and she does care for him, but now? It's not the time. And she actually is happy for him and Aradia, too.]