[week three - wednesday]

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[ Some way or another, Xion always manages to find Claire when she goes looking for him.

She doesn't start out her day with the specific thought in mind of seeking him out. But the direction of her idle thoughts ends up directing her feet, and she wanders through town checking the places she thinks he might be. Which ... will be the places she's run into him so far. ]

Hmmm... Pluto, where do you think Felix is?

[ Pluto perks up his ears. Find? Find a person? Is that his job right now?????????????

It's his job right now because off he goes, barking excitedly.

A dismayed Xion goes chasing after him, shouting his name along with cries of slow down!

Sorry about this duo when they inevitably accidentally slam into you, Felix. ]

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M-mine? No, I--

[ Yikes. That flusters her, and she ends up going a little pink.

But she gives his question all due consideration. ]

Non-stop? .... I guess not. I think about my friends all the time, and I worry about them, but ... I don't think it's quite the same.

[generously]

Love gets you in the strangest ways, Xion. Chane and I started out as enemies, but then I asked her to marry me so that we wouldn't need to fight ever again. When she said no, I thought I was gonna move on... but that's when I realized how much I love her! Anyway, she still didn't wanna marry me at first, so we stayed as friends until one day she loved me back.

[ THE POINT BEING: ]

When you meet someone you really love, they'll be the first thing you think of every morning. Who knows, it could even be one of your friends someday!

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You started out ... as enemies?

[ That just kind of makes her stare.

Whatever - or whoever? - that makes her think of gets her to ... flush, quite noticeably, looking both startled and kind of alarmed. She has to give her head a quick shake to try and drive the thought away before she can focus on what he's saying again. ]

That sounds ... weird. [ um ] When I wake up, I usually think about what I have to do that day.

[ is that really the

point of

okay ]

Mm, I love my friends, I really do, but ... it's hard to imagine being in love with them. It just seems so far away, somehow. Still, the way you and Chane fell in love... I guess it's not what I expected, but I still think it's nice.

[generously]

It is, yeah, but it ain't everything either. Despite the way I sound when I talk about her, I have a childhood friend and three brothers that I care about, too. Friends and family are just as important, y'know?

[ Pause. Then he asks tactlessly: ]

Do you have a family?

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[ That gets a somewhat thoughtful look as she lowers her chin a bit. ]

Mm, no. I've never had a family. I don't mind, though. I had my best friends, after all. [ Abruptly she smiles, sunny and sweet. ] They were all I needed!