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[crticalhit]

[He stops dead suddenly, antennas flicking back upwards. It's just occurred to him.]

--about my... wish? My wish.

[dualheal]

Your wish...?

( Uh-oh... Don't tell him: )

What... What was your wish...?

[crticalhit]

[Okay. Tenna hadn't told Mike his wish when he'd asked, because - well that's not what you do with wishes, is it? Whenever the birthday episodes came around, everyone knew that blowing out the candles came with making a wish inside yourself. This is just a fact that everyone should understand about wishes.

But this is different. This is the real deal - at least, it should be. Tenna lets go of Ralsei's hand and just kind of spreads his hands helplessly.]

I mean, I - I wished for a new home...? But you're saying that's already happened?

[dualheal]

( Oh, this... might not be good. The wish he made makes so much sense, though! It's something every darkner wants... they want to be useful to their lightners. And, for Tenna, that meant finding someone who would want him. )

I-It has, but... uhm -- it's alright, Mr Tenna! You didn't know...

Maybe-- it's because you make the wish that you do that they're able to find a home...

[crticalhit]

Oh, maybe! Maybe...

[He would definitely like to think that. That is sadly not the direction his mind is going to go.]

B-but then why am I still here? Don't we leave once the wish is granted? I thought that was the deal.

[Not that he can remember a dang thing about the deal or the contract other than knowing he agreed to one. A constant concern!]

[dualheal]

( Oh, that

That has Ralsei withdrawing a little. )

I...

I don't know.

There's... still so much that I don't really know about this world.

( It's a relief to not have the burden of knowing everything, yet... There's some anxiety from it all, too. It's a first for him. )

[crticalhit]

[Damn. So neither of them know. Tenna deflates a little, though he can't shrink like he would have back home.]

I don't know either. It's...! It's really annoying, that we don't remember what we signed up for. Maybe that's where they explained it.

[dualheal]

Maybe... it's not anything we directly signed up for.

( Maybe it was just a part of them that wished for something so badly that they were brought here. )

But, others leave this world. Maybe it really is just a matter of time before we leave and get our wishes.

[crticalhit]

[He's still going to stress about it forever. Tenna's just had some terrible luck with deals, so adding another mystery one to the pile is a problem.]

Maybe. ...I hope so! I mean, you must want that too, for your wish.

[Tenna's is extremely important to him, so Ralsei must have made one similarly important. Right?]

[dualheal]

Y-Yeah... Uhm--

What I wished for... is something I've been wanting for a while.

( It... feels like a wish might be impossible to fulfill. He's been fighting for it since both himself and Kris opened the first door leading into the dark world together... )

[crticalhit]

If it works the way you said, then maybe once you go back, you'll find it there waiting for you.

[That would be the ideal. Tenna's liking it here, but it's not home. It's not a new home, because it's obviously not permanent. People come and go. He doesn't want that. He wants to stay somewhere.]

[dualheal]

I... I hope so...

I... hope that both of our wishes come true soon, but... uhm--

Being here in the meantime... isn't so bad.

( He likes it here -- just as Tenna does. They can live life just like the others do. He can do things he never dreamed of here. )

[crticalhit]

Yeah... it's pretty nice, isn't it? Even if the houses are all cramped.

[They aren't, this is a Tenna-specific problem.]

[dualheal]

( That is definitely a Tenna problem. )

Hahah, it'd be nice if we could have a place a little like castle town, huh...? There were rooms for everyone.

shall we wrap?

[crticalhit]

Well, it's still a bit like that! Plenty of houses around. It might just take a bit more elbow-grease to make them what we want.

[Tenna pauses, his antennas flipping backwards a bit.]

And uh, Ralsei? Thanks. ...for telling me.

[Even if knowing there's a home waiting for him doesn't fit right against his wish, Tenna's still glad to know. Better to know than to not.]

wrap!

[dualheal]

( E-Elbow-grease? Oh, boy... What was Tenna thinking? Hopefully he stays out of trouble here, but Ralsei knows that he means well.

Still, he nods his head -- albeit with a bit of a exasperated expression. )

Y-You're welcome!