whiteshroud | Krusnik Kids Group Chat

Will do~

[He switches as well to the private filter.]

I know. I know I'll have to tell them all about it.

I need to come clean about something else to the three of you first. How that goes will determine if it's also a good time to talk about Apollo. It's just finding the right time to do it that's tricky.

I've been reminded that I can protect you guys forever, and you're not little kids anymore.

["Something else" - Jun wonders if it's the terminal thing that Wriothesley mentioned. If so, he's not going to press about it. No need to tell him that the duke snitched unintentionally]

Right. Well, I recommend the right time is before the next time Ana goes on a date with Persephone. I watched Persephone stab a giant mechanical demon owl to death after I told her of Apollo-- she's not going to stay quiet about this.

You're right. Because you helped us survive that hell, we were able to grow and become strong these past ten years. We can all support each other now, you don't have to be the strong one all the time anymore.

Man, I miss the days when it was so quiet and all I had to worry about was Artemis not taking any of Apollo's nonsense anymore. And Eros.

[Oh... it still fills him with an unknown mixture of emotions to be told things like that. Gratitude and the promise of them looking out for him like he did for them back then. The idea of him no longer needing to be the strong one for them is... he's not sure how to feel about it. That's just something he needs to sit with for a time.]

It's going to be hard to let that go and... unlearn some old habits, I suppose. But I'll get there. I have to try, anyway.

[He just wants to eventually live his life truly free and not chained to the fears Krusnik instilled in him. Fears which are only compounded by how his past life has suffered the same.

But what Harumasa really, truly wants in this moment is to be the big brother they need now and not the one they needed back then.]

Ha, unfortunately this city is full of gods - so there's usually some divine drama going on. Makes me really glad sometimes my patron is an only child.

[Because it's sure easier dealing with this stuff when you're seen as the neutral third party to it all]

Hey, that's okay. I think we're all struggling with old habits we want to break. Varian's always calling me out when some of mine flair up.

[In other words, it's not just Haru that's got stuff to work on. It's all of them. ]

No matter what, we're just happy you're here with us.

It truly is a blessing sometimes. At least when it comes to deities, being a single child is maybe the best thing you could hope for.

That's good. And I know I can trust the three of you to call me out when I'm slipping.

[Ana and Ash probably more loudly than Jun, but that's to be expected all things considered.]

I'm glad to be here with you guys, too. I think that's made my entire year already!

Haha, maybe so. He's never said anything one way or another about it. [Or about anything else really, but that's normal]

Of course we will!

[Yeah his voice will never reach the volume levels of the other two, but he has his own ways of speaking up]

Haha... mine too.

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