Day 68: PUBLIC CHANNEL

[mylastchance]

This is late, but... I wanted to apologize to the people I put in danger with my reckless behavior.

At the library I acted without thought. I don't know the details of what happened afterwards, but some of it was probably my fault.


I'm sorry.

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[starseedling]

What happened to you?

[Steven was never totally sure. He felt something empathically, but after being captured himself he was never allowed back into that area.]

[mylastchance]

[He doesn't even know if he can explain it.]

I was buried.

[And he knows that's probably not even the answer Steven is looking for, but what else can he say? The endless suffocation, the pressure, the darkness, and then the growing, all of it feel impossible to describe.]

...I guess I look a bit different now.

[He's more curious about what happened to Steven honestly.]

They weren't able to help you, were they.

[starseedling]

She got me, but... everyone else got me out again. Obviously, I guess. And...

[He's trying to find the words to say. He kind of thought it might be something like that, he knows it's something the Rose Queen does.]

...I'm sorry that happened to you. I know how it feels.

[mylastchance]

[Unsurprisingly, it doesn't make him feel better to know someone else has gone through the same experience. He wants to apologize back, but knows the words would be useless. And he'd already apologized, in some sense. Better not to get stuck in that kind of loop.]

Thank you.

[Still there is something he could offer, though it feels embarrassing to even mention it. He doesn't even know Steven that well, but still.]

I'm not good at talking about things, but I can listen, if you ever need it.

[starseedling]

[Steven is quiet for a brief period, trying to decide what to say. Eventually, he settles on this:]

Could we meet up in person?

[He doesn't know if talking about it on the radio would be very good.]

[mylastchance]

[Lauren nods, even if Steven can't see it. Then he realizes being in an unfamiliar forest might actually make this difficult...]

Um... Where are you?