post-snek recoveries

[neonleon]

[You know?

That weird temple wasn't good, but it wasn't the worst. Not by far now that he's back in this dimension. He floats a bit aimlessly, body broken, shell cracked and falling apart, some bones and insides shattered. His head aches in a way that he can't think.

All he can really do is hope Prime doesn't find him immediately right now. The light off his ring catches his eye and he looks at it, not fully registering that it's lit up.

A promise.]

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[neonleon]

But the bread is shaped like adorable lil birds...

[They're obviously the cutest thing here that he's seen and something Dell put effort into.]

[pyrighteous]

[ Dell laughs a little. ]

"Okay, maybe a little special. Eat up."

... Thanks Dell.

[ Hunter gladly digs in, though he eyes Leo to see if he needs help. ]

[neonleon]

[Thankfully soup is easy enough one-handed. He feels admittedly a little embarrassed bringing a whole piece of bread up to bite into but what else can he do there? He's making it though, the time at the hospital having helped him prepare.]

It's- really good. Thanks, Dell.

[pyrighteous]

"Of course."

[ Dell watches Leo too, quiet. ]

"I hope you two are planning to rest for a while. You've been through a lot." [ A little concern crosses his face ... beacause Hunter and Leo are really pretty calm, aren't they? ] "More than just this incident."

[neonleon]

[Leo watches him as he finishes chewing that bite, then looks at Hunter. He swallows before looking back to Dell.]

Rest and I'm gonna help Hunter with a more lowkey project he's working on. Won't be that big a strain.

[pyrighteous]

Y-yeah. We're just going to -

[ He realizes at the last second that "low key" and "sorting all the dead remains of my brothers" might not match up for Dell. ]

It'll be quiet. Yeah. Promise. Neither of us like sitting still for long.

[neonleon]

I go a lil stir crazy, you know? And I still wanna see more of the Boiling Isles, so we'll just take a short tour.

[He doesn't wanna worry Dell with too much, his natural obfuscation of probably not the best facts peaking again.]

[pyrighteous]

[ Dell relaxes a little at that. ]

"It is a beautiful place. And Hunter here is an excellent flyer."

Y-yeah, uh. Exactly. We just need some space.

[neonleon]

What I've seen so far is really great. I wanna see it all.

But... [He looks to Hunter, like gauging things.] Rest tonight, I think?

[pyrighteous]

Rest tonight! Definitely.

[ Dell nods, then, approving. ]

"Good. No chores, all right? I'll mind the hutch."

[neonleon]

You sure?

[The hutch seemed easy enough to handle and not be considered a 'chore'.]

I'm sure we could at least do that...

[pyrighteous]

"Well. Visit if you want to. But I'll do the cleaning."

Okay, okay ...

[neonleon]

Really serious about that...

[It's more an observation than anything but Leo focuses back on his soup. He's glad for the good food, really. He's spent too much of his time here at the hospital altogether.]

We'll probably have to go get Lucky anyway.

[pyrighteous]

[ Dell perks up. ]

"Oh? Has he bonded with you?"

[neonleon]

Um... Something? Like that? He said he had to tell the others in the hutch goodbye.

[pyrighteous]

"... I'm so glad. He's been here longer than any of the others."

[ Dell beams at Leo. ]

[neonleon]

[That kind of prideful beaming at him feels unwarranted, given everything that's happened. Leo watches Dell before turning his eyes down to his bowl. Food almost finished but-]

He stayed with me at the hospital the whole time with Hunter, so..

[pyrighteous]

[ Dell's expression softens a little. ]

"Then he must really have bonded with you. I'm very glad."

[neonleon]

[Leo just start of pushes the last of his soup around in the bowl thinking about that.]

You really think so? I feel like I just kinda - met him then gave him the worst day ever as my introduction.

[pyrighteous]

"Not uncommon for this sort of thing."

[ Hunter laughs a little himself. ]

That's kind of what happened with me and Flapjack.

[neonleon]

...Yeah, come to think of it, you never told me how you met Flapjack.

[It seems like such an odd realization, that he never heard how Hunter met his best friend.]

[pyrighteous]

I - uh -

[ THERE'S A GOOD REASON FOR THAT ... Hunter swallows a bit. ]

I kidnapped a group of palismen waiting to be adopted so that I could take them back to Belos. Flapjack was one of them. If Luz and Kikimora hadn't interrupted me...

[neonleon]

[He puts those dots together quick. He doesn't know what exactly Belos was doing with them, but if he wanted them it couldn't have been good. Or survivable.]

I'm glad Luz got there. [He nudges Hunter with his stubbed shoulder.] And Flapjack forgave you pretty quick, from what I know.

[pyrighteous]

Y-yeah. He did.

-- Anyway uh. That was definitely one of my worst days. You at least have the benefit of not starting the day actively trying to feed palismen to your uncle.

[neonleon]

[OH IT'S WORSE THAN HE WAS PICTURING.]

...Yeah, well. I only nearly got everyone assimilated into an alien hivemind. Call it even.

[Sorry for the candidness, Dell.]