#even if Icarus hasnt acknowledged he knows - they definitely know

[sage-is-in-fact-very-tired]

thinking about how all 3 coworkers can understand and empathize with each other - all of them, to an extent, *know* where the other one is coming from. All of them have gone through something similar, they all know how they felt, and how the others must feel going through that. And that's so. I think about it. Because no one else is really, *properly*, going to understand where any of the 3 of them are coming from/came from - they can explain it, but understanding it like they'd understand each other is a diffrent story entirely. And I'm. So normal about it. Even if they're apart - they still *know* each other; I think Ari and Ven, Ven especially, made it clear they know how Icarus reacts to things as big as Fable getting hurt, and how *bad* theyre doing right now, and. I just. I hold it so gently.