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So, hey, um. This is a pretty weird question to be asking, and you'd think I'd at least know it, but to be fair, the one it's about was pretty reclusive for a long time, but...

What do you do when someone is down and hung up on something that they couldn't have controlled?

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You be there for them.

Well, I'm trying to be! But they're pretty, uh...

Kinda obstinate? They're really only happy when a couple other specific people are around, but they've been sorta busy with things I don't really understand.

Tag along.

Obstinately.

Like a puppy.

Well, that's easy. They hang around the same spot like.

Basically all the time. Brooding.

Ya want the answer I think ya need to hear or the answer my cynicism wants to say?

Umm...

Both?

Like Noriko said, be there for them, try and talk it out. If need be, get a third party in to help talk about it, if you're too close to the problem and they're not gonna talk to you.

Or, ya just give them time and space and wait, possibly for a long time given your lifespans.

Hnmm, I guess. It just... Makes me sad, kinda. They were pretty secluded on themselves for like, the past decade or so. So I don't want that to happen again.

Yeah, that's... Fair.

If we're going with me trying to be positive, I'm willing to be a third party. They, uh. A Barian like you?

Yeah, they're a Barian, like me.

If you want to be a third party, that might be alright. Even though you definitely don't know anything about the situation, pretty likely.

Unless you do, but that would be a little scary.

Oh, I don't think I do! I think it's just the perfect excuse for me to see all of ya guys in one place and we can all chill out and have a drink!

Hnmm... I guess it's gotta be a new experience for you. Not a lot of people have really come to see the island.

... Well, actually, lots of folks have, but Labrys stares away any really large groups, cause they all just want to take pictures or ask weird questions.

I just wanna meet people and have a good time, really. Whatever I learn is gonna just be through conversations.

That's fine, I think! Just give warning, that's all.

Yeah, alright. This has been on my to-do list for a bit, but now that my mom's settled down and the god's.... taken care of, we'll do this!

Your mom? Was something wrong?

Well there you go.

Just hang around with them.

Oh, uh. No.

I just, ah... Hadn't seen her for a little over forty years.

... I'm not used to how this works, but isn't that, like, a REALLY long time??

...Yeah.

I thought she was a dream for most of my adult life, brought on by maybe trauma? Nah, I was really raised in the woods by a giant woman for a bit.

Umm...

I feel like I should say "sorry" to that, for some reason.

Ah, it's fine! I'm fine.

Just things got a little chaotic for me when she showed up here, wondering where her little boy disappeared to.

That isn't usually how people on Earth end up treating their offspring though, right? Vanishing for four decades.

Well, I hope something works, at least.

I don't think she's from Earth.

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