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[wormwood.]

☆ HUNG PICTURES OF PATRON SAINTS UP ON MY WALL TO REMIND ME THAT I AM A FOOL. TELL ME WHERE I CAME FROM, WHAT I WILL ALWAYS BE: JUST A SPOILED LITTLE KID WHO WENT TO CATHOLIC SCHOOL —

Aurum immediately felt a sense of anxiety grip him when Ivan groaned and bristled, the boy clearly not pleased with how his unwelcome audience had reacted to his collection. The proxy quickly wanted to apologize, but he bit his tongue, figuring Ivan would only grow more displeased about that. He didn't like being talked down to, or pandered to. Instead, the angel listened to the replies of both Caustic and Zora before he spoke, wincing a little bit at Zora's tone – she wasn't trying to be rude, but Ivan was already self conscious, "Well... I don't think there's anything all too odd about collecting teeth. Sure, perhaps it isn't the first thing to collect that comes to one's mind, but... teeth are fascinating. And I'm sure that Beck would be fine with the collection." Truth be told, he had no idea how Beck would react to such a thing. He didn't think that the ghost would have a problem, considering he had presumably seen much more gruesome and unnerving things in the past. However, despite his actual lack of knowledge about how Beck would react, Aurum felt the need to reach out to his nephew, to comfort him and tell him that he didn't need to feel weird, or insulted.

[div style="text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase; text-shadow: 0px 0px 2px #1B1B2F; font-size: 24px;"][color=#44437F]— AURUM

#psychosocial.