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[sublimebeast]

Then the parade's moved on.

[He sighs, but he's not sure if it's with relief or worry. He's glad Sora is okay but this parade is still out there somewhere and he doesn't know where.]

...Thanks for telling me.

If you need anyone to talk to about this kinda stuff, I'm here.

[He means heroing stuff. Saving people and failing to save them. He was born to do this sort of thing and losing anyone he's sworn to protect still hasn't gotten any easier. He doubts it ever will.]

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[arsarcanum]

[ A hesitantly affirmative noise, then a stronger one when he realizes the first one sounded hesitant. Heroes. Hero. Hero time.

There's a pause here. There's wind, but the forest is quiet. ]

I need to get up pretty soon. [ He pauses. Very obviously trying not to let his treacherous respiratory system gasp or sniff or do something that will set him off again. ] I have a friend. She's waiting for me at the bonfire. It's pretty cold out here. I don't want her to get cold.

[sublimebeast]

Right...Okay.

[A pause.]

That's the lantern we have to protect. At all costs.

[arsarcanum]

[ Another silence, then a more affirmative noise. One with more weight. ]

The soldier told me that there's a doctor in the church who could bring him back if I bring her the lantern. I'm going there pretty soon. But I'm gonna go to her first. [ She's the one waiting, after all. She doesn't usually remember to wear enough layers out in the winter. She'll get cold fast. ]

[sublimebeast]

The doctor can bring people back?

[A thoughtful pause. There's still so much he doesn't understand and his lack of confidence in the tablets doesn't help him.]

I'm talking about the Bonfire. We were right about it.

It is a lantern and we have to protect it...

[There's a rustling sound.]

We can talk about that later, though, go meet your friend.

[arsarcanum]

[ The lantern... is Beacon's? Sora thinks about this for a moment, but oddly enough, it all comes together quite easily. If a world has a heart as real as any other person's, why can't Beacon have one too? ]

The Bonfire... is Beacon's lantern. It's the lantern that we have to protect. [ He repeats this as though he's trying on a new shirt. It feels right. ]

Yeah. Yeah, we should talk about that later. [ His voice goes soft (and maybe a little husky from all of the stupid crying he finished a few minutes before.) ] I'll see you later? Soon!