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[adandyinspace]

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[missleadingquestions]

Well... she did join before she told me... And she did know it would make you mad.

[With no urgency, she actually starts pulling over so they can spend a little more time talking. Once she's put the car in park, she puts both her hands on the wheel and leans over against them while she looks at Dandy and watches for his responses.]

Do you think you would have been mad... if it was the fog?

[The look on her face stays gentle, but probing. She doesn't know how she feels about it herself, but they're not asking about her feelings right now. She wants to know just how Dandy sees it— and wants him to have the chance to really think about it all, too.]

[adandyinspace]

[Stopping, huh? Dandy raises an eyebrow, but he guesses it can't be helped. This shit must be bothering her too if the car ride home isn't long enough to talk about it.]

Man, I dunno anymore. [Dandy slumps his large body against the door, leaning his face against the window pathetically.] I used to think kickin' the shit out of the fog was all I wanted, but SHE wasn't the one who had me smashed with a hammer.

I guess it wouldn't be so personal if it was the fog, y'know what I'm sayin'?

[missleadingquestions]

Mmmmm.

[Maya lifts her chin to rest it on top of the steering wheel, staring out at the sky instead of at Dandy.]

I wonder... if she knows that?

You can't trust the fourth, and she can't trust the fog...

[What is anyone supposed to do? They're powerless without the gods, and at odds with them.]

I wonder what would have happened if you'd gotten to talk first...?

[adandyinspace]

[Dandy's suddenly got a wide smile on his face.]

I would've thrown her out the window.

[missleadingquestions]

And right back into the arcade.

[Maya lifts her head to lift One finger to point that out.]

[adandyinspace]

I was hopin' more like the lake, but okay.

[FINE, don't let him have his joke!]

[missleadingquestions]

... You want to kick a kelpie into the lake?

[plan better, Dandy—]

[adandyinspace]

Just 'cuz she makes crappy choices, doesn't mean I wanna hurt her, duh?

It's like the water horse version of throwing someone on a beanbag.


...Aggressively.

[missleadingquestions]

Mmm.

[That gets Maya to smile, though, leaning back against the steering wheel and looking at Dandy with a warm expression.]

I knew you were still a softie.

[adandyinspace]

[.....................c-cute.]

Yeah, well, don't go tellin' anybody.

[missleadingquestions]

You know I'll keep your secrets safe.

[She sits back up in her seat, stretching out her arms.]

So! I won't make you go after Makoto, either.

[Casting that smile back Dandy's way, she says—]

I know you'll talk to her about it when you're ready. And... then maybe you'll get all the reasoning from her, instead of me.

It's just...

It must be really hard to be in her position right now, you know? With Sonia gone, and... plus I know what it's like, to feel pretty small and powerless compared to other monsters.

I don't know that I'd have done the same thing... but I mean, I still have you, y'know?