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[shiro2hero]

[Oh hi Shiro, long time no see on the network. That's because this is a last-ditch effort. He looks pretty darn not great, despite the fact it's Sleep Season for Warmbloods. Maybe it's the Arena. Maybe it's the River. Something honestly, sincerely traumatic that's happened already.]

[His face is in his hands, hunched over the counter in his kitchen. The omni in front of him. Voice haggard and quiet. Like he has a migraine.]

I will pay... however much anyone wants. For coffee beans. Espresso beans. Don't even have to be cooked. Roasted. Doesn't matter.

[... Or it's caffeine withdrawl.]

Or tea leaves. I don't care.

[Please, he is Suffering.]

Comments

[azurestar]

Shiro, it's been popular slang since before you were born.

[Flat as a pancake.]

And maybe have Hunk take a look at it. He can fix anything.

[shiro2hero]

No, I was born in the time of the dinosaurs. I thought we all agreed on that.

[Oh come on, Lance, it's a little funny.]

Maybe. Or... maybe I need a flashlight and not a lightsaber, these days.

[azurestar]

Alright, that's it. You're totally banned.

[Maybe. But he wouldn't be a proper young person if he didn't react this way.]

So… you're saying you're actually glad it's not working right?

[shiro2hero]

Pfff, yes sir.

[Okay, now he's laughing. Just a bit. Only to turn more somber as he thinks over the question.]

In a way? I think... maybe I am. [If it's just a fancy prosthetic now, then. It isn't the weapon forced on him. Now it's a heavy flashlight.] Weird, huh?

[azurestar]

[Lance hum slightly as he thinks about that and then lets his head fall back onto the back of the couch. That feels better.]

Not weird. I think I'd feel like that too. [If he lost his star powers, goes unsaid.]

[shiro2hero]

[There's a quiet pause for a few moments. Logically, there's no sound when he moves his right hand. He knows that. But... sometimes, in moments like this, he swears he can hear it.]

Well. Here's hoping someday you get to feel weird with me.