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[foreversweaterweather]

[ well that's you, bitch

as soon as mabel hears him sit down next to her, she launches herself at him. Now that her face isn't buried in her pig, her sobbing is much louder and much wetter. And she is now burying all of it in his shoulder. ]

[branches]

[Oh?????? He does not know what to do??? After freezing up for a hot second, he just sorta awkwardly pats her back. There there?? He's an expert at converting most of his emotions into anger so he can solve his personal problems by arguing, he does not know how to deal with someone honestly expressing sadness?? I blame growing up in a family unit that was only men. Anyway.]

H-hey, listen, it's... we're going to get them back for this, ok?

[foreversweaterweather]

But...but Lila and everyone else are still gone!

[branches]

... Yeah. But there's nothing we can do to change that.
[The conflicted yet resolute look of someone who's had to grapple with this before.]

[foreversweaterweather]

Then...then what are we supposed to do?

[branches]

[LOUD, TENSE SIGH.]

I guess... I think my father would say we should make sure to remember them. And to live well, to do what they would have wanted us to do.

[... Looking down.]
I guess I have to wash my feet.

[foreversweaterweather]

[ that almost makes sense, almost sounds like something Mabel could believe...

but then he drops the bit about his feet. ]

...w-wha...?

[branches]

Lila was on my case about it, I mean.

[Sigh.]

I don't think it matters that much but... it's something.

[foreversweaterweather]

She was mad at you for having dirty feet...?

[branches]

I don't think she was mad, but she didn't like it, or whatever.

[foreversweaterweather]

So you're gonna...wash your feet in Lila's memory?

[branches]

Well it sounds stupid when you put it like that.

[foreversweaterweather]

[ well. Mabel thinks it sounds a lil weird, but not stupid! ]

...what about shoes? Are you gonna start wearing shoes too, for her?

[branches]

... I guess maybe? The shoes you all wear seem weird though. So I guess I'll have to ask Chad if I can get some tabi.

[foreversweaterweather]

...you're gonna wear cats on your feet?

[branches]

[Squints???]

What?

[foreversweaterweather]

You know, tabbies? Tabby cats?

[branches]

Tabi, not tabby. [THEY SOUND THE SAME, TSUYUKUSA??]

They're a bit like socks, with a notch in the toe for sandals, except the ones I wear have a hard bottom so you don't need sandals.

[foreversweaterweather]

Oh, so like those weird toe shoes! Cool!