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[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.

[swampwater]

which part

[minisu]

being like him. he has a big job. i don't know if i want big things. small things are nice.

[swampwater]

big stuff isn't so scary. you just have to do it your way.

[minisu]

god stuff is a bit bigger than most big things, i think. you think i can find my own way to do something that huge?

[swampwater]

the swamp feels pretty big when you're living in the middle of it and it could rise up against us at any second. but my dad learned how to harness that. i did too, just in my own way.

you'd do just fine as a godling.

[minisu]

you're good at what you do, jun. and you all keep us safe.

thanks for your vote of confidence. that's only half of it though, you know? because there's zaza, too. and the fae.

[swampwater]

of course. you thinkle i'd let the swamp nibble on my best friend? but i wasn't always so confident.

oh yeah, the fae. hey, you think that's why you're sorta teeny?

[minisu]

i know you'd do whatever you could to keep me from being a swamp snack. it used to be harder, huh?

aha, i bet you're right! zaza is the reason i'm a tadpole!

[swampwater]

it used to be scary. the swamp is so dark. i used to think that's all it was, just darkness and danger and hunger. jiyun, she's a little bit like that, you know? i'm not. i guess i'm like dad, i'm soft. i didn't think i could be a swamp witch.

and dad's also the reason why i'm a telephone pole! it's all their faults!

[minisu]

i guess there's all kinds of ways to deal with that darkness. i guess you can be like it or you can be different, but if you can embrace it, you'll be okay. maybe the swamp likes you just the way you are. maybe it needs a little softness.

your dad is so tall, jun. impossibly tall.

[swampwater]

i misunderstood it. the only reason it seemed dark was because there's also a lot of light to compare it to. it didn't need another witch like dad or jiyun, it needed me too.

the swamp is really beautiful. i won't let anyone forget that.

he is. i forget sometimes because he's cute like he's an itty bitty. and then there's my other one, stomping around like he's 8 ft tall with bde.

[minisu]

is the light part of it too? it's both, right? so it makes sense it needs both kinds of energy.

i think it's really beautiful. i don't feel like i've ever really been scared of it. i think you must be part of the reason why.

do you know what bde is, jun?

[swampwater]

yeah. it's not just death, there's so much life too. that's the part of the swamp that calls to me, and for me.

of course i do. bde. bad demon eyes.

[minisu]

that life isn't limited to the swamp itself, you know.

right. that's definitely what it means.

[swampwater]

definitely not. but the life here is depending on me.

of course, what else would it stand for.

[minisu]

right. so you can't leave. and you don't want to, do you?

i don't know if i want to be responsible for being the one who told you.

[swampwater]

i'd love to leave. i'd love to go places with my friends.

as much as i love the swamp, someday i'll die in the same house i was born and lived every day of my life in.

what're you talking about?

[minisu]

okay. so. why not go on this trip with me?

i'm sorry, but it's not bad demon eyes.

[swampwater]

i can't leave, min. i'm tied to it.

what is it then?

[minisu]

with all the magic here, you think there's no one who could help you with that?

okay, i'll tell you, if you really, really wanna know.