#there's a r e a s o n the groupchat for my bullshit is called 'Innit Apologists'

[infinitethree]

AH SHIT NO INNIT I SAID THAT BEFORE ASTER OFFERED TO SET YOU FREE

god why do i always say the wrong thing that brings you down :(

*lots of hugs if wanted*

Innit buries its face in the fur of one of its only friends.

“It’s fine,” it assures them, though its voice says otherwise. “I– if I know now, then I can try and make sure that he doesn’t know until he can’t take it back.”

That point may have already passed, granted.

Seeing how Aster argued so vehemently that keeping it imprisoned was morally wrong, and stupid to boot…Innit couldn’t help but get choked up by that.

The point of who is in its corner, from anyone else, would have pissed it off. But from Aster, who was using it to emphasize how little sense it made to keep Innit trapped– who had seen, at least in part, the misery and isolation and loneliness…

Well, honestly? It was kind of charming.

Not in, like– a romantic way. That’s reserved for whatever the fuck is going on with Aster and Daz the timeline that is being shown to its savior and new favorite person.

No, it had been more like a puppy or a kitten. Something small and cute, making stumbling steps towards doing a task they’ve not yet mastered.

Aster isn’t terrible at speaking to others, nor in swaying them to his side, granted. It’s just so obviously not his strong suit.

…Maybe Innit can help him with that. It knows that Daz has toed a fine line on that front, and definitely won’t be helping him out any time soon anyway.

But maybe Aster won’t hate it too much if it offers its skills for him.

Having a roommate will be nice. Aster might not be terribly touchy-feely, but Innit might be able to convince him to give it headpats sometimes if it plays its cards right.

Of course, that will probably go out the window once he realizes that he’s not seeing the future. He might become furious at it for hiding that information as long as it does– enough so to eject it from whatever comfort its eked out in his company.

But in the meantime…maybe they can bond over Daz being an asshole. And having the singularly unique experience of having been inside the bastard’s head– even if Aster’s has been for only brief blips.

Maybe he’ll even be a friend, at least until he abandons it like everyone else.