[ falco cannot offer anything else but words now, but— it seems like he doesn’t need to. following princess tutu’s lead, he calls out now with not one dagger of fern’s plants in his hands, but two, in an inoffensive gesture, as if he’d like to show him from where he stood, and makes it a goal to get closer. the closer, the more he could see. there was no need to use the sharp ends. ]

I know it doesn’t feel like it when it hurts that much, [ because all you can really feel is how much it hurts— ] but you’re not alone. You never were— we’re all still right here.

[ even fern— a piece of him is in falco’s hands, and soon he’ll be in full again. ]

You have to come back to that.

[ there was nothing for him, where he was now, but there was so much waiting if he came back. ]