don't die again danny

[hasteful]

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[gogoghostpowers]

[ please, you have not even BEGUN to see his emo era

At the sound of Buzen's voice, he looks over and blinks, as if suddenly becoming aware of the world around him. ]

Huh? Oh, hey. Yeah, I'm...okay.

[hasteful]

[ . . . well

buzen will just wander over and go to sit by him then!]

... it's okay if you aren't, you know.

[gogoghostpowers]

Yeah. Sure.

But, you know, it's not like I'm the one who got killed or anything.

[hasteful]

[gently:] ... I'm pretty sure there's a wide range of emotion between 'doomed to death' and 'okay'.

You can still feel whatever you are - while acknowledging you're still alive.

[gogoghostpowers]

[ shrugs a shoulder a little ]

I mean, am I mad, and upset, and scared? Yeah, sure.

But that's not gonna help us figure out what's going on and how to stop it.

[hasteful]

... I don't know if we're gonna get any more answers on that tonight, Danny-san.

Have you ever been in war?

[gogoghostpowers]

What?

Uhhh...

Define "war."

[hasteful]

Hm... Maybe not a straightforward "war" with two sides, skirmishes, and battles -

But something like this. Where people die for reasons that seem out of our hands.

[gogoghostpowers]

Oh. Then, uh, not really, I guess. There's been some pretty bad stuff, but no one's actually died from it. Not really.

[ (squidward voice) sir, this is a nicktoon ]

[hasteful]

[he nods at that, expression softening]

... that's good. I'm glad that you don't have to experience things like this regularly.

Though I can imagine that's why it might be harder then, to figure out your feelings when you're suddenly thrown into it.

[gogoghostpowers]

Hmmm. Yeah, I guess.

[ he doesn't sound convinced. ]