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[moneyballer]

username: I CAN B UR DADDY

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[onethousen]

I don't care about the truth behind your username. I kind of think it's a dirty joke with what you were saying to other people and I'm not really interested in those things. I'm not even sure if it's supposed to be funny or gross. That's fine. It isn't important.

I'm going to be direct. I apologise for that. Are you lonely?

[moneyballer]

[jesus god they can move on from this alright]

Right now?

Um... A little.

[Admittedly, this place is a lot better than back home.]

But I guess I always have been. It's hard to explain.

What about you? Do you feel that way, sometimes?

[onethousen]

[ Her topic is "loneliness" apparently. ]

Yeah. I have. I get homesick, too. And it's okay. People feel that way. Sometimes it's just for a little while, and other times it almost is like it swallows you whole. I have one friend who got so lost in feeling lonely that he would say or do things that were greedy or hurt or scared others and not really think about them so hard. I used to do that too... I think we all do, sometimes. But it's important to know we're not all alone. We can feel lonely, but we don't have to stay that way. We can make friends who are there for us without us having to make them like us. Okay?

You kind of remind me of my friend. He's a good person, even if it was hard to see that sometimes. I think you're a good person too. Kind of crude and rash, but um. That's okay. You care about the people here. Or else why would you care to listen to them, to help them out that way?

I'm already your teammate. I'd like to be your friend, too. So... as your friend, I'd like to listen to why you're lonely. Or anything else you want to talk about. And when I mess up or get things wrong, tell me. I'll do my best to learn.

[moneyballer]

["He's a good person, even if it was hard to see that sometimes."]

I don't know if I'd consider myself a good person.

[She rambles a lot, like a kid would.

There's something about the honesty of a child that he greatly appreciates.]

You're right, though. I do care, and I'm trying to do better.

I'll be your friend, kiddo. I've just got ooooone condition.

[onethousen]

[ She squints, and her thought back here is pretty snappy, but: ]

I'll hear you out.

[ Because conditions and terms and contracts and binding words are Important. Not to be taken lightly. ]

[moneyballer]

Promise me that if things are getting hard for you, you'll reach out and ask someone for help.

It can be me or anyone else, somebody you trust.

[This is his way of looking out for her.]

[onethousen]

[ She makes herself consider that and be realistic with herself. This... this is something she can make a promise about. She knows that there are times she'll need to rely on others to pull her through, just like on the train. But sometimes that'll be for even how she feels. So... yeah. This is a promise she can afford to make. ]

I promise. That's something I can agree to do. I'd like it if you could try and promise the same. It's okay if right now you can't.

My name's Chihiro Ogino. It's nice to meet you, sir.

[moneyballer]

[He has to smile at that.]

Don't worry! I will. I've got friends here, believe it or not.

[Even he's having trouble believing it, to be honest.]

You don't have to call me "sir." Asher's just fine.

[onethousen]

Mm! Okay, Asher. I'll remember that! I'm glad you have friends here. I'm glad you trust them enough to talk with them, too!

[moneyballer]

👌👌👌👌👌 💯

[onethousen]

Woah! How'd you make the little pictures show up?

[moneyballer]

[Right, not everybody here has heard of emojis.]

Oh! Um, so back in my world, when people send messages to each other electronically...

[How does he explain this...]

You can use pictures to describe how you feel.

These are some of 'em.

The 👌 is a hand sign for "okay!" and the 💯 is something people use kinda liberally, most of the time for emphasis. I just think them, I guess.

[onethousen]

So you just think about the little pictures and they show up here? I know what some things look like since people like to make :) back home if they have a phone or something like that. Can you make any other images?

I'm glad that was an okay and not something else, though!

[moneyballer]

Um, yeah! I don't remember all of them off the top of my head, but...

[He tries to think of ones that aren't super inappropriate.]

I end up using 💪 a lot!

[Also the eggplant emoji, but she doesn't need to see that.]

[onethousen]

[ Eggplants are pure??? Asher, she didn't know you were so into vegetables. She also thinks that little arm is definitely more like a weird worm or an elephant trunk at first. ]

So it's from what you remember... I'll try those out later on my own. Thank you for telling me how to make them show up! 💪

[moneyballer]

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