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[minisu]

but do you do a full layer of both or split it down the middle? or diagonally?

very funny! you're such a comedian, jun. i'm not that tiny.... [ He is. ]

[swampwater]

diagonal, always.

you are that tiny, and i've had a growth spurt. seriously, it wouldn't fit me.

where's the last place you saw it?

[minisu]

how do you spread it on there diagonally? seems tough!

i'm going to hit a growth spurt any day now. i'm certain of it. and i last saw it on your chair in your room. where could it have gone?

i really want to take it with me, jun!

[swampwater]

practice. years and years of practice.

i'm sure you will. and if you don't, so what?

calm down, we'll find it.

unless one of my big snakes ate it. then trust me, you don't want it back.

[minisu]

i guess i'll have to practice myself. i can't believe i'm just now learning about this, junnie.

if i don't, then my best friend is going to call me a tadpole forever and make jokes about wearing my clothes as crop tops. i guess that's not so bad, but still. i'd like to be just a bit taller.

do you really think one of your snakes ate it? if you're saying that because it looks like a cat, that's a big problem!

[swampwater]

and what if i like having a cute tadpole for a best friend, huh? what about my feelings, min?

nah, they wouldn't eat it because they thought it was a cat. if anything they'd eat it because they thought there was a person inside of it.

[minisu]

what if your best friend wants to be more than a tadpole? what about then? a person can be more than one thing. our nature is not that simple.

that's reassuring.

[swampwater]

i'm my dad's son. i like things simple. your feelings do matter more though.

don't worry, i'd make them spit you back out again, good as new!

[minisu]

you like things simple in a nice way. a non-reductive way. it's why the tadpole thing doesn't really, really bother me and i do think it's cute and i'm mostly just kidding around. you know that, right? i'm just kidding around. i'm not very good at it.

can you tell them now that i don't taste very good? like, a bunch of weird magic and god stuff.

[swampwater]

i could.

but maybe i wouldn't mind if they swallowed you up for a little while.

you couldn't go on any trips then, could ya.

[minisu]

you don't want me to go?

[swampwater]

uh, are you joking with me?

[minisu]

no, i'm being really serious now, jun. what's up?

[swampwater]

think about it. why would i want you to? it's just a taste of what it's going to be like when you're gone for good someday.

[minisu]

who said i was leaving? i mean, i don't know what will happen. i might. but i might not.

i don't want to leave you. or my parents. or anyone.

[swampwater]

that's just what happens. it's nature. no one knows more about that than me.

[minisu]

neither of my parents are supposed to be here, you know. and they are. so sometimes people go against their nature. i could too.

i could do something different.

[swampwater]

you could.

i guess only time will tell.

[minisu]

you really don't want me to go.

[swampwater]

i want you to do whatever you want to do. really, i promise.

[minisu]

well, what i want to do is not do things that make my friends sad if i can help it.

[swampwater]

well since you put it that way...

it would make me real sad if you grew from a tadpole into a frog, minnie.

[minisu]

if i have to grow and i can't grow into a frog, what should i be?

[swampwater]

grow straight into a prince. uncle dash is your dad, it's believable.

[minisu]

that's a little scary, honestly.