the fact that it’s 2024 and i legit thought “nobody cares about me anymore” and then proceeded to think “wow that’s so exile arc c!tommy core” is frankly embarrassing
there’s something so dark and sad about c!tommy digging a little hole to hide in under technos house after escaping exile.
he was so scared of techno but he was even more afraid of dream, he knew techno would never hurt him in the ways dream did. techno may be violent, he may be emotional, he may be powerful, but he is not manipulative. he is not needlessly cruel.
tommy took his chances hiding near techno because ultimately he knew techno was safer. techno was strong enough to beat dream, techno had cared for him once, techno wasn’t a monster.
and even this is heartbreaking becuase it’s another example of how tommy unintentionally saw techno as a tool, a solution, instead of a person.
and techno knows this. he knows wilbur saw him as a tool in pogtopia, he knows tommy sees him as a tool now. but all he asks in return is loyalty. because ultimately he cares and hopes if he can be helpful enough people will care for him in turn.