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[lalliho]

[He's closed himself off. He thought it might help -- slow your surroundings to a standstill, and maybe everything going on inside would learn to slow as well. When he got control over himself, he could control this stupid magic of his that was given to him. He thought he'd be happy, getting back the gifts he was born into, but even with them, the storm inside had been roaring enough to keep him up night after night.

Which meant he'd been even more cut off than he'd intended.]

I can't sleep. I need to. Tell me...what to do.

[Simple as that. Just help him rest, please...]

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[lalliho]

Oh.

[Right. Introductions were probably supposed to be done before this. He was so used to someone else handling that kind of thing for him. Usually it was Onni or Tuuri...

...

Aha. He should say something.]

...Lalli. I can sit here, but that bothers other people sometimes I guess? [Did Dave want comfort...]

[parodeity]

Well, I meant that if we're tryin' to get you to go to sleep it might be good to do this in a place where you would feel ok sleeping?

[ just in case they succeed ]

[lalliho]

Ah.

[Right. Well, this sure does speak to his confidence in this plan.]

...I guess there are those rocks. [Where everyone had slept...] I never picked out a place.

[parodeity]

It's best to try to do a thing assumin' you'll succeed, I think?

[lalliho]

[His gaze drifts away into even more nothing. Apparently, even thinking about that makes him want to shut down. What a horrible joke...

So, without answering, Lalli points off to some rocks.]

There should be a safe place there. It will be fine.

[parodeity]

Then let's go over there. So...d'you want me to sing first or d'you wanna listen to what I got on my playlist or what?

[lalliho]

[Curious look over... These kinds of questions were much easier.]

Why not sing with the music...?