⚹You wish to leave a message for Grit

[save_theworld]

...'Lo.

I'm somewhere else. So you should leave a message.


[⚹There's about a minute of static and light breathing before Grit's message bank cuts in.

⚹Nailed it.]

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[save_theworld]

[Scared? Pfff, Isol, the very idea of it-]

...Yeah.

[They whisper it back to him, so softly it's almost nothing. Are they scared? Yeah. Yeah, they're scared. There's so much that could happen, so much to be scared of. They've been saving so much lately, just in case, but even that's scary because what if they save at the wrong time, what if they can't go back enough, what if-]

I'm scared all the time. How come so many bad things can happen in happy endings?

[dreamalittledreem]

[He's not happy that Grit feels scared, but Isol can't help but be relieved that they feel the same. It's a little less scary, being scared together.]

I don't know. Maybe we still have a little bit further to go before we get there.

[But something he's sure of, something that comes across as determined and stubborn even as he continues to whisper-]

It'll be worth it. We'll stay together.

[Us. The two of us. And all of us.]