how the fuck am I supposed to even BEGIN unpacking the simultaneous reveals that A) Aaron Fontina is still fucking Alive after getting MELTED and B) he and Colin saw each other and immediately started trying to kill each other
no because like. okay i KNOW eddie does have wife related trauma but ALSO there are Layers here and it is s o o o o fascinating that eddie is getting CRIPPLING panic attacks over someone being called his wife. like. you would think maybe said wife related trauma would be the cause of that — like yknow. the woman i called my WIFE died, so now im terrified of ever having anyone else be called my wife , because what if that happens to her TOO. only NO. THATS ACTUALLY NOT IT AT ALL. it's anxiety about what having a wife means for HIM. like. LIKE. INSANE IMPLICATIONS INSAAAAANE IMPLICATIONS!!!!!!!!
ASK: Cyto uh... how did you re-alive?? yourself?? pretty sure you just got k.o.'d, buddy...
CYTO: Huh? Realive? I dunno, I just hit my head I think? One moment, Aqua put Aurora Veil around me, next thing I know, I'm waking up from a nap! That happens sometimes, I'm pretty sure!
PALI: Alright, you and I both know what we saw. I head that reunicli can do that.
AQUA: They can, but there needs to be at least some brain activity for that! And we saw the state of him. There's no way anyone would've survived that.
PALI: Then what could've happened? Are you sure you didn't do anything?
AQUA: I really didn't! There was no magic signature, no significant energy exchange, it was like his body went reverse in time and rebuilt itself! But those new markings, I wonder...
PALI: Hasn't he gotten those back in Lumiose City? And that explosion, do you think?
AQUA: It seems likely at this point. I think there might be something off about him that even he doesn't know about.
ASK: (blueespeon) Nahi @ Orchid [The yellow mew lands in front of him] Woah! Calm down! They did not try to "steal" your scroll, you dropped it. I saw the whole thing and I didn't think the dropped scroll on the ground was yours, since I saw the other mew with the... Pointy bag thing?... Take it. I just thought it was theirs since I am just a bystander. And, uuuh, I know this may sound weird since I am only about 29 years old and you are probably older than me by maybe hundreds of years, but I really do not think you should jump to conclusions that fast since I did that too and... It did not end very well.
ORCHID: Fuck. So he did take it. Great. Okay you little brat, let your elder give you some much needed advice. When the adults are in the middle of something, You stay the FUCK out of it, m'kay? Now unless you're aiming to end up as a lifeless husk in the next five seconds, I highly suggest you get the fuck out of my sight.
There was so much JOY that radiated off from his life - long friend , even from all the way up the stairs . While he would [ [ n e v e r ] ] admit it out loud , it was refreshing to know that that aspect of Sora had never changed . The silverette's eyes followed Sora down the stairs until he landed in front of him , drawing a small laugh out of Riku that only seemed to come for Sora .
" -- It'll be a nice change . "
[ [ F i n a l l y ] ] the two of them will be going on an adventure rather than it being to save someone . Hopefully , it will be worth it . It's a change that they both need .
" . . . Maybe we'll go to worlds neither of us have been to . "
[Keep me rather in this cage, and feed me sparingly, if you dare. Anything that brings me closer to illness and the edge of death makes me more faithful. It is only when you make me suffer that I feel safe and secure. You should never have agreed to be a god for me if you were afraid to assume the duties of a god, and we all know that they are not as tender as all that. You have already seen me cry. Now you must learn to relish my tears.]
Pauline Réage, The Story of O, trans. Sabine d'Estrée