COME HOME EVEN IF IT'S A LIE - o

[wormwood.]

i was born, on the highway, in a train wreck

with a heart, that was beating, out of my chest

Normally, Abathur's analytical and monotone voice would be no cause of concern for Aurum, since the lion had grown used to it since the male had joined, and it often didn't betray any hidden emotions or deeper meaning. However, now, as Abathur tried his damnedest to both weave and speak to the lion at the same time, Aurum found himself worried by the other's tone. He wanted to reach out and comfort Abathur somehow, although he kept himself in one place on his branch at the moment, doubting that even Abathur's meticulously made web nest would be enough to hold his weight. As Aurum mulled over what to say in response to Abathur's first worrying statement, Selby approached, the medic offering his own sagely and kind words of advice up to Abathur. The proxy was quick to latch onto these, nodding his head as he spoke, a faint grateful smile shot down to the feline below, "Yeah, it's just like Selby said. Everybody makes mistakes, and they're what makes it so that we grow as people. Hell, mistakes can even give character to certain things, especially things like this scarf here. Trying to force yourself to be efficient and proper and all of that without a single mistake... you'll just burn yourself out and it'll be a nightmare. Trust me, I would know. I used to do that all the time." He blamed himself for everything wrong that ever happened in Tanglewood, believing that he had made some kind of mistake, or had done something wrong, even when there was nothing he could've done... he remembered just how that had broken him down more than a few times, and really hadn't brought anything but trouble. A sigh left the male's mouth as he contemplated the past, before his ears perked up at Abathur's next question, this one directed specifically at him. Blinking in surprise, the proxy quickly shook his head, providing helpfully, "No, no, I'm fine. I mean, my chest is a little sore, but that's to be expected... I was mostly just out for a walk and your scarf... fell on me. I was a bit worried about you, all alone up here, so I figured I'd check up on you. You know, like friends do." Perhaps Abathur didn't truly consider them to be friends yet, but Aurum certainly did, much like he did with most other members of Tanglewood.

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