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"always?" she repeats, raising her eyebrows incredulously. they'd fought a month ago because MATIAS SILPH hasn't always been nice. "usually when you compliment me, there's more critiques with it."[break][break]but she's not pursuing an argument. her shoulders rise and fall again.[break][break] "it's not like i'm looking for it," she lies. "i just run into rockets and then things happen."

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"and are my critiques not valid?"

he clicks his tongue, quick to placate the flames before they rise. the last thing he wants is to be another piece that contributes to the growing pile of hot shit in her life.

"i'll work on my delivery."

his shoulders rise and fall again.

"things happen is an easy excuse. no, it's a lazy one. don't be lazy, henderson."

he asks whereas in the past he would have questioned.

"so, why?"

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in some subjects, his critiques are valid. she feels like she's fed MATIAS SILPH enough praise for one day, though, so she just gives him a look that spells her defeat in this conversation. [break][break]he doesn't let her skirt around the question. she looks down at her hands. [break][break]"they hurt me," she nods slightly. "so i'm hurting them. isn't that why enough?"

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"it can't always be that simple. but in this case, yeah, it's enough."

though he never said it wasn't in the first place. despite his ailing mind, he remembers their conversation on the beach that day; how he berated her with words like weak and dumb when all he really wanted to say was that he cares about her, and that he wishes she cared for him the same.

he chuckles, reassuring her with a nod.

"at least tell me they walked away looking worse than you. or preferably that they didn't walk away at all."

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annalise can't say any of them walked away looking worse than her. only Shred Zeppelin , she thinks, but he had looked that way when he had appeared in front of them. she doesn't want to tell MATIAS SILPH that she'd thrown herself into losing fights. but if not him, then who?[break][break]she keeps looking down. [break][break]"i can't."[break][break]she shrugs. [break][break]"maybe next time."

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she may have changed from the day he first met her but there are some things she has yet to shed herself free from. her failures are draped around her shoulders like a coat, weighing her down with insecurities that keep her gaze from meeting his.

he sees it, and it pains him.

"not maybe. you will, anna."

henderson has no place here; what he requires is more genuine and less playful; as is his next offer.

"want my help?"

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annalise has become so accustomed to being called henderson that the use of her first name makes her look up at him. the sincerity, the lack of frustration — it's far removed from the way he's been treating her. part of her waits for the other shoe to drop, while the rest of her goes along with it.[break][break]"yeah, actually." [break][break]she looks down at MATIAS SILPH 's broken body, then back up at his face. there's nothing subtle about her appraisal. [break][break]"when you're not, like, like this." [break][break]she looks back down at him again, at the burns on his skin. one of the questions she'd been withholding reaches the end of her tongue. [break][break]"what happened up there, anyways?"

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"you got it."

after he stops looking like this, and after he's healed.

he looks a far cry from how he should look if not for the revival. the burns that etch his skin are a result of prolonged exposure to the heat and lava and not so much the SACRED FIRE itself. they say he's lucky, of all things, and though he's inclined to agree, he can't help but feel otherwise.

"a lot."

his voice falls slightly.

"how much do you want to know?"

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annalise wants to know all of it. [break][break]she's seen the news and read some ranger reports from the towns surrounding mt. chimney, but none of it has the clarity that hearing it from MATIAS SILPH would have. at the same time, she doesn't want to force him to talk about things that might dredge back up uncomfortable memories. he said he feels better than ever, but recalling the details may make him feel differently. [break][break]"however much you want to tell me, i guess," she pushes it back onto him, watching his face intently.

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"so, all of it."

where does he start? where could he start? he considers his words carefully, parsing them together into something coherent and easy to understand but terribly difficult to articulate.

after a sigh, he starts.

"i consumed a red shard thinking it would empower us. instead, it corrupted us, and we lost control. i lost control."

he goes over the known facts and details, confirms them to her, and adds more details not listed in the reports.

"kyle died to free me from groudon. he saved me. he saved hoenn."

through it all, his expression rises and falls as though he's retelling a fairy tale, but whenever kyle lopez is mentioned, there's no hiding the somberness that claims him.

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she sits patiently as MATIAS SILPH collects himself. she thinks he's brave for volunteering the story to her — something she can scarcely do with difficult topics of her own. eventually, he sighs and starts sifting through information, stringing it together into something she quietly follows along to.
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the look on her face softens with sadness. for matias. for kyle. for the region they've inadvertently left vulnerable.
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”he's gonna come back though,” she says reassuringly, putting her hand over his. ”ho-oh will bring him back.”[break][break]
it has to. [break][break]
”what happened to groudon? are you still … “ an avatar? she wants to ask, but it catches in her throat.

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he doesn't expect sympathy or understanding. in fact, he's expecting the opposite given how he's isolated himself over the past few months, maybe years. so to feel her hand over his in reassurance feels warm. safe. it makes him smile.

"ho-oh's missing."

his head shakes in acceptance.

"it's better if he doesn't come back. he can finally rest now."

he doesn't fully believe that, not when THE BORDER exists. a part of him wants to believe that kyle lopez has moved on, that he's somewhere peaceful where they can do absolutely nothing, but in reality their spirit most likely lingers in the abyss. he doesn't have it in him to visit yet.

"they tell me groudon's in league custody. whatever that means. but, yes, i'm still its avatar, but keep that between us. the fewer know about it, the better."

hearing how her words caught in her throat earlier, he knows to add:

"don't worry, i'm fine. things are different now."

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annalise pales. she can't imagine giving anyone up as easily as MATIAS SILPH seems to. the prospects in any corner of this universe are bleak, but the prospects in death are none. [break][break]"don't say that! kyle's so young. plus — i don't think they've found a body. he's out there with ho-oh somewhere."[break][break]she nods like she's trying to convince them both. the world needs kyle. he can't rest yet. her brows remain furrowed even as matias relays better news: groudon is contained, he's still an avatar, things are different. [break][break]"fine," she agrees, voice conspiratorial. keeping a secret for him isn't foreign to her. "it stays between us."[break][break]and then, curious, probing: "how is it different?"

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"maybe."

but it doesn't matter. for now, the world needs to believe kyle is gone, that he had sacrificed himself on top of mount chimney to save everyone else. that will inspire hope, and hope will prove to be the difference. it's the exact same thinking that led him to forsake sootopolis to the enemy.

his defenses are down when she probes. he allows her in, almost inviting with his responses.

"the costs of avatarship aren't talked about enough." something he plans on changing, starting with the aqua initiative (if he's even allowed in anymore). "the agreement you make isn't a pact, it's sacrifice, and in my case, my mind was affected the most."

his body was empowered but his mind weakened as a result.

"when you have another presence in your head, how do you know which thoughts are your own?"

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