#i know sega wont do it bc theyre cowards but pls just let them heal

[lasoonaofthefireembull]

I talked a while back abt how I think Ess could eventually regain her memories of Ex as her father but they'd have to work through things/re-bond a while before she actually got any memories back. I think even after she remembers that he's actually her father (and comes to terms with the fact that he didn't abandon her of his own will etc, starts to trust him again) she still doesn't regain her memories all at once the way tee did, that's a process as well. Though they're mostly happy memories it still tends to make her pretty emotional.

but like at least at that point they can work through it together and ess has. an actual human parental figure to depend on through it (zed tries his best he really does but he doesnt have a lot of particular capacity for emotional support...) but yeah thinking abt that period. I feel like she's softer toward him at that point but not as saccharine sweet as she is to zed. It's like somewhere between how she is with zed and her siblings, she isn't as thorny with him as she can usually be seen to be with her siblings but also y'know. the sass is still there a bit. She'll still call him out for not getting rest and doing self-sacrificial things and such, she won't just. go along with stuff unquestioningly. She will shake him like a maraca. (Also. I think she’d still be attached to Zed,,, holy shit two papas) however there are probably. a few instances of ess either coming through the portal to just sit with him a while because she got lonely/suddenly missed him or ex getting someone to watch the edge for a second so he can sit with her a little longer because she's struggling a bit.