[He knows it’s pretty rare that someone comes knocking on his door. He opens it, already pretty sure he knows who it is. Deep down Pokey feels a weird satisfaction at seeing he’s right, but that can wait.
He just hugs the younger teen. She’s one of the few Pokey would show that affection to.]
[Eliza hugs him back, as tightly as he can.] Asriel was so worried! And so was I! But I-I hoped you'd come back! I'm so glad you're back! [She's babbling, and happy tears are trickling down her face.]
[She shakes her head, slowly.] No...you weren't, really. But it's just...I was so worried that after Asriel and you disappeared, Luce would disappear too. I was so worried about losing all my siblings here...
[ANd he gets it quicker than it takes him to say that he gets it. It had been a fear that always hounded him. It was one that he was intimate with happening.]
But hey, I was too stubborn to be taken down like that. Made my way back, right? So'd Asriel.
[And thank god. That kid sounded like he had been in a hell hole otherwise.]
[That helps, at least a little. No, Pokey can't promise it, as much as he would like to. And he won't promise it, just as much as he wouldn't have wanted any of the older teens or adults in his life to have done.]
...I'll try.
[He isn't sure how he'll try, but he will.]
You'll be okay, kid. You were alright while I was gone?
[She nods slowly.] Thanks...and...I guess it was alright. I met up with my Shadow in Valintas and we...talked it out. I think...I can deal with remembering what happened to me in Town A a bit better now. [She could accept everyone's death, except for her own.]
[She nods a little. It's probably good, in a way, that every death that happens still shocks her.]
It's not as upsetting anymore... [But it's always going to be a part of her. It's always going to influence her.] I hope things are better for you, too.
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He just hugs the younger teen. She’s one of the few Pokey would show that affection to.]
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He's still, in a part of him, grateful for it though.]
Hey. Kid. It's okay. I wasn't gone that long.
Was I?
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[ANd he gets it quicker than it takes him to say that he gets it. It had been a fear that always hounded him. It was one that he was intimate with happening.]
But hey, I was too stubborn to be taken down like that. Made my way back, right? So'd Asriel.
[And thank god. That kid sounded like he had been in a hell hole otherwise.]
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...I'll try.
[He isn't sure how he'll try, but he will.]
You'll be okay, kid. You were alright while I was gone?
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...It's okay, you know. To still be upset. It never really heals all the way. I get it.
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It's not as upsetting anymore... [But it's always going to be a part of her. It's always going to influence her.] I hope things are better for you, too.
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I'm glad you're still here too.
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