HOOKERY POST PART TWO

[was_no_monster]

[BECAUSE THE OLD ONE GOT TOO BIG FOR ME TO LOAD g-good god]

Comments

[miraculost]

...I truly, honestly hope that your life from here on out is not as difficult as your life up to now.

[was_no_monster]

[shaking his head very slightly, mostly to avoid knocking Len's hand loose]

...it's still difficult, just in different ways. ...Most of them are better ones, though.

[miraculost]

Mmm. Such as?

[was_no_monster]

[thinking. most of those difficulties are things he would rather not share yet... if ever]

...Living with you.

[miraculost]

[must not look sad in front of son, must not look sad in front of son]

... It hasn't gotten any easier?

1/2

[was_no_monster]

[fhjaskjf grabbing Len's hand again]

—I didn't mean like that! I said things were better. It's- it's because I used to live alone, and in some ways that was easier because I didn't have to worry about anything other than myself...

[was_no_monster]

...but it was worse because I was alone.

[miraculost]

Oh... of course, that would be difficult. [he chuckles softly and shakes his head] Sorry... I guess I don't really have my head on straight today.

[scritch]

But I'm glad that it's better.

[was_no_monster]

[leaving his hands loosely covering Len's] You're still recovering.

Mmm... It's mostly things like that. Learning to live with people, so that I can live among them...

[miraculost]

Well. It may be difficult, but you'll certainly find it rewarded in the end.