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[pancakeboy]

[Text him! Or do whatever, I'm not the police, and neither is he, thank God. Just specify if you want the more-fun-but-less-stable pre-11/20 guy or the grumpy third semester/postcanon guy. Pancake only for VRDR guys please, he's not third semester yet]

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[fogboundcrow]

On the contrary, I think you may be able to connect to him for similar ways that I could.

[It takes a moment for him to send his next message.]

He seems a little tired. I'm going to get him a blanket, but if you'd like to say hello when he's awake again, I'm sure it would be all right.

[pancakeboy]

Perhaps you're right. [X to doubt.]

I certainly won't come back if he's sleeping, though. It sounds as if he needs the rest.

[Listen, he doesn't care to be responsible for every lost boy that stumbles into the Velvet Room. Except... ugh, fuck you, Crow. Every time.]

[fogboundcrow]

Perhaps once he's rested, then?

I can give him forewarning, of course. If he's anything like I was, then he'll be slow to open up to others, but I think you're probably the best equipped to handle these sorts of situations.

Crow... I'm sure he'll do all right, but he's also Crow.

[pancakeboy]

[He's not sure. The most important element, he thinks, when it comes to other people's trust issues, is being trustworthy. And while Raven no doubt has strong opinions on whether Magpie can be trusted, the man himself begs to differ.]

So it's the same old trick. Good cop, bad cop. Righteous cop, murder cop.

[He's not a cop.]

[fogboundcrow]

Or perhaps you can just be yourself?

Amada-kun is someone with deep trauma and resentment, that much I can tell. I think he'll be more drawn to someone like him. Someone who understands.

[pancakeboy]

And the rest, please, oniisan. You're matchmaking. You think I should have more friends.

[fogboundcrow]

[Give him a moment. He wasn't expecting that.]

Aren't you the oniisan now?

But I won't force you. I just think it might be nice if he had a little more support. It's ultimately still your choice.

[pancakeboy]

I'll think about it.

[Raven thinks he can do anything, which is sometimes nice, and sometimes takes him right back to high school.]

You know, I sometimes struggle to keep up. I call Crow oniisan, yet I'm older than he is. Is it such a stretch?

[fogboundcrow]

I suppose I'm just surprised. Not offended or anything, though.

You do remember being younger than me. But at least with Crow, you're close enough in age that one would be mistaken for thinking he is older.

Mind you, it's certainly not bad for my ego, but I'm not sure you want to inflate it.