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[He'd been thirsty when he'd woken up early in the morning. Still a little sleepy, the six year old got up to go look for Kratos. Things like cups and faucets were a little beyond his reach. Not without a chair to stand on, but it would be easier to ask his daddy's friend. Besides, a part of him just wanted to see the man again, a tangible presence connected to his father. Being around the man made him feel that much closer to seeing his daddy again.

Yawning, Lloyd put his hand on the door knob of his room-

-and freezes, eyes wide. That's not a six year old hand on the knob. He's not six. He's...

Seventeen.

Seventeen, but he'd been six again for a week. A week he remembers. Sheena and Rise, Dino, Colette, Saki and Zelos, Emil, Haseo, people he didn't even know...

Kratos.

Lloyd can feel the heat of embarrassment creeping up into his face. All the things he'd said and done... and with his friends. With Kratos.]

Aw man...

[A little while later, after he's snuck out of Kratos's house, trying not to wake the man up, the teenager turns his Dreamberry on. His face is still a shade of mortified red.]

Damn it, what does this place have against normal?

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Yeah, I'm glad that's over.

But, um... [He rubs the back of his neck, still embarrassed.] Thanks, Emil. For, you know, looking after me.

... R-Right. I didn't really do much though.

[You know, besides make you cry and just be awkward since he doesn't know how to take care of kids, at all.]

You still tried, right? You could've just left me alone.

I think it's a bit hard to imagine someone just leaving actually...

[Still was very weird and awkward though]

Good point. Still, I feel like I owe you one now.

It's fine, you don't need to owe me anything.

Maybe I don't need to, but I want to. That's what friends do, right?

[Friends? Please excuse the slight surprise at this, that was the last thing he thought Lloyd would say. Well, he's different from the one he knew but still really? Even if he was from the past and didn't have anything against this Lloyd, he was still the one that would kill his parents. But he is just so different from the one he saw back in-... So confused, conflicted, and just lost.

Don't mind Emil just looking at the screen for a brief moment before looking off to the side again]

... W-We're friends?

Well, yeah, sure. Why not?

[They haven't really talked, not as themselves, since that time after Emil had attacked Lloyd, but that had already been explained and forgiven.]

Besides, I promised I'd help you, right? It'd be pretty hard to do that if we were enemies.

[... Small moment of silence on his end as he processes that. He did say that, but it was still a bit hard to believe. Although, a part of him is just happy that he might have another friend, even if said friend is Lloyd. That small part that always wanted to have more friends, coming up to surface once again. It's been three months since he's seen Marta, Tenebrae, or Richter. To say he was feeling really alone would be a bit of an understatement. It was like Luin all over again, only minus the bullies and constant glares; he didn't have any friends here]

I guess... You, really wouldn't mind being my friend though?

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I already said we're friends, didn't I? Why would I say that if I minded?

[It seemed pretty simple to him. Then his smile fades and he searches Emil's face]

But... do you mind?

[He was the one who had killed Emil's parents. Would kill them. Maybe. He still didn't know what to think about that, except guilty and even more determined to change the way the future happened. But would Emil want to be friends with the guy he saw kill his parents?

It was like Chocolat all over again...]

I-...

[He wants to say that he doesn't but he stops mid-sentence. Now is not a good time to blurt whatever just comes to mind. Still, how was he supposed to answer that when he didn't even know himself? He wants to believe that Lloyd won't end up like the one he knows, the one that killed his parents but-... Is he really that desperate for a friend, someone he could talk to?

Plus, there was still the Ratatosk-Mode that he was a bit nervous about. He could've killed him and hurt Sheena and Zelos too, or worse. Even if Lloyd was giving him a second chance, it was one he didn't think he could hold up to be honest, even with his encouragement... A few definite differences between the Lloyd he knew and the one he was talking to right now constantly coming to mind.

Amidst all his thinking though, it almost looks like he forgot to reply back but--]

... The Lloyd as you are now, m-maybe not so much.

[That's all he can bring himself to say, no promises. It's a no promise type thing but it's all he can do right now]

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[Lloyd nods, understanding, but it doesn't stop his smile. He spreads his arms wide, gesturing.]

Then I'll just have to continue being myself. I think I can manage that.

So, friends? For now?

[He's hoping for the same thing for Lloyd and himself...]

Uh, right.

[Lloyd grins enthusiastically.] Great!

So, you want to hang out sometime?

[Just another brief pause as he considers this for a moment. It sounds like it'd be nice but... sldkfjaklsdjg orz why was his life so complicated?]

Uh, s-sure, I guess.

[Lloyd couldn't be more pleased by the response. As far as he was concerned, this just makes it less complicated. If he's Emil's friend, that just makes it even less likely that he'll do something he regrets.]

Hey, did you get a message about going to the ruins on Saturday?

Yeah, I did actually... You too?

Yeah.

You want to go with me? Maybe there's a clue for getting home.

[That earns another pause. Didn't the text also mention there might be monsters too? That would mean they'd run into some around there and that meant fighting them off somehow. Which meant Ratatosk Mode. Not sure if that's a good idea, but he couldn't just pass up an opportunity for a clue to get back home...

Now looking at the screen, a bit more determined than usual]

Alright, I'll go with you. But, you'll have to stop me if something... happens.

[By something he of course means trying to attack you, but he's hoping that trying to get home back will be stronger in his mind than revenge]

[Oh, right. Ratatosk Mode. Emil had told him about that. Ratatosk Mode was the reason he'd attacked. If he went into Ratatosk Mode again...

He nods, meeting Emil's eyes seriously.]

Don't worry. If something happens, I'll be ready this time. [A pause.] Do you... know if there's anything that will take you out of Ratatosk Mode?

I don't know. Usually I'd just stop fighting.

[Of course this was normally...]

[Lloyd frowns.] So if I can make you stop fighting, you'll be all right?

Uh m-maybe?

[Slowly starting to lose some of that determination he had just earlier. The more he thought about it the more he didn't really know. Marta would usually talk him out of it?]

Guess we won't know until we try. Don't worry, Emil. We'll figure something out.

See you later, then?

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