It's been three months, people...

[pitiedthefool]

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[viditlibertas]

I don't want you here. I don't. I want you home.

[Just give him a minute, he's almost completely let go of Kaito by now- except his hand, but well, it's Alcor and holding hands.]

...this place is dangerous and wrong, I don't want you to be in such a place.

[awww_yeeeeeaaaah]

[Holding hands is perfectly acceptable.]

Believe me, I'd rather not be here either. But... [But Saiduq's alive.

That means there's still hope, right?]

But I'm glad I found you.

[viditlibertas]

[AAAAHHHHHH SHINING ONE DON'T SAY THAT-]

You need to stay close to me. Please. I'm...not sure I could handle seeing your death, not now.

[tl;dr you're never getting your hand back.]

I...can...try to explain things to you, but...none of it is good news.

[awww_yeeeeeaaaah]

...M-My death?

[You maaaaaybe need to start explaining there, because uh.

Is this an Akashic record thing or something, he's so not getting it.]

[viditlibertas]

People die here, in cruel and unnatural ways, only to be brought back time after time. There is no release from this cycle, and they remember every detail. Our abductors would see that we remain this way indefinably.

[So yeah, that's why the hand-holdy thingy is kinda happening, ya dig?]

[awww_yeeeeeaaaah]

[...Okay wow, that wasn't what he was expecting at all.]

What? [Ugh, there's no time to freak out about this, though, especially if the others are here.]

Do you know if the others are here? [Nevermind how Saiduq apparently knows a lot about this place. Kaito kind of took it for granted that Saiduq just Knows Things, so that might be part of it, but still...]

[viditlibertas]

No. I have been alone for some time.

[Well, that answers that.]

There are many people here, but none from our path.

[awww_yeeeeeaaaah]

[Well, that warrants an outright stare from him.]

Wh...how? [He pauses to think about it.]

Is it that whole different timelines thing?

[viditlibertas]

There are many worlds, many universes, some that even I have never seen. Our captors claim that they have been 'saving' us from various cataclysms, but some people here were not even amid a situation like we were.

[He...really doesn't know if infodumping is calming him down, or if it's the Shining One himself, but there's less desperation in his posture now.]

[awww_yeeeeeaaaah]

[Maybe it's a bit of both or the fact that Kaito knows that Saiduq likes playing the part of Captain Exposition for some reason, if only because it's a familiar thing to do...

But now, he's...well. Angry.]

We...we didn't even need saving. This... [Man.

When is it ever not an awkward time to bring up "but u became the planet already tho"?]

[viditlibertas]

They are not being honest, and cannot be trusted. They feel they can give us a better life here, while dissecting and testing us. We cannot even reach them; this is something even outside of the Great Will or Polaris.

[And apparently that's the cue for Alcor to slowly come to...lean on(?) or against(?) Kaito. It's weird body language for sure, but whatever. He doesn't care.]

I can't even protect your shine, here...

[awww_yeeeeeaaaah]

[To his credit, he tries to calm down. He didn't lose his cool during Hell Week and he's certainly not going to lose it now, especially not when Saiduq, of all people, can't seem to keep his.

There was just so much riding on what he did and they all worked so hard and if that letter was true...]

...Don't worry. I'm not giving up yet.

[viditlibertas]

...

[On one hand, he wants to tell Kaito to preserve his strength and keep his head low. This isn't a battle Alcor thinks anyone can win, and he isn't willing to lose his most important person to a cycle of death and reanimation.

On the other hand, if Kaito was not strong of will, he wouldn't be the Shining One, would he? It's almost like pulling teeth to get the star to nod to Kaito's affirmation, but he can't bring himself to say any more.]

[awww_yeeeeeaaaah]

[Who knows? Besides, if nothing else, he's at least good at cheering up other people. That'd be a plus here at the very least.]

Okay. Are you all right? [Let's face it, Saiduq wasn't really acting like his usual self. He was being...a lot clingier, for one thing...]

[viditlibertas]

...I am fine.

[He's not even trying to lie.]

My time spent here has been...taxing, that is all.

[awww_yeeeeeaaaah]

[He...doesn't say anything, but the look on his face is enough to guess that he's not liking what happened to Saiduq, so he'll just...let him lean in and keep holding his hand, if that's what he wants.]