Week 6 Catchall with Sanji

[fragileprophet]

[Hi Ion's going to be roughly attached to Sanji at the hip whenever he gets the chance to be.]

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[fragileprophet]

[Ion nods, and some of his apparent sadnsss fades from his smile.]

I’d like it if, at the end of all this, we can be sure that we have something happy waiting.

[concasse]

Of course we will. That's what we're working for, after all.

[Of course by "we" Sanji means "everyone except me", but...]

[fragileprophet]

[That’s one thought they have in common, go figure!]

Of course. I don’t have any doubts.

[Ion begins to play another song, something a bit less demure, which I’d link but I’m mobile and lazy at the moment.]

Sorry if my curiosity worried you.

[concasse]

S'alright, I know my ass is getting too jumpy.

[Have you seen how pale he is? Thank the shitty seas Sanji actually has a strong constitution or everyone would probably think he's dying, too]

I need to stop expecting bad news at every turn.

[fragileprophet]

I hope you have people you can talk to about yourself it worries. It isn’t healthy to keep it all inside.

[He glances over, his brow starting to furrow.]

You know you can tell me anything you need to get off your chest, don’t you? It’s the least I can to for how often you’ve listened to my troubles. I know I’m weak, but...I’m very good at listening and keeping secrets. Well, secrets that aren’t my own.

[concasse]

[Secrets, eh?

...]

Of course I know. You're a good kid. Everyone's real lucky to have you here.

[... A pause.

But in the end, Sanji closes his eyes and sighs.]

I'm just a little tired. The music helps, though...

[fragileprophet]

I feel the same way.

[About all of it. About being tired, about the music helping...about everyone being lucky to have Sanji.]

You're a good person.

[It bears repeating.]

It may only get more tiring from here...but we'll be able to rest easy soon enough, I think, if we can only endure a little longer.

[concasse]

Somehow I think we're both good at enduring, even when we don't want to.

[Words that will be put to the test in a couple of days, haha, but for now he seems firm in his conviction]

.. Yeah.

We'll be fine.

[Won't they?]