[a heart field trip]

[antreegonist]

*you're back on the island of Mithos's heart, on the dirt path through the meadow. the sky's still clouded and glassy, but it's no longer storming: you've arrived in the middle of a sunshower.

the freestanding door is there in its pool. the surrounding fog has thinned to translucence -- you can see a couple of large, four-legged shapes moving in it.*

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[antreegonist]

*you have returned to the clearing.*

[brotagonist]

[touches the seed again :?]

[antreegonist]

*...aaaanywhere...*

[brotagonist]

[makes a face at it]

Some help you are...

[antreegonist]

*i-it's not my fault this part was built with a lot of nice*

[brotagonist]

Yeah, yeah. I'll just pick one then.

[pats the seed! and... LAKEFLATS?]

[antreegonist]

*it's the lake! sort of. there is a long stretch of muddy flats and then the lake lies past it. Mithos is sitting in the middle of the flats some distance out, playing in the mud. he appears to be about eight years old.

feelings linger in the air here: they're best described as '♪.' bouncy buoyancy! uncomplicated happiness.*

[brotagonist]

[f-finds himself grinning; sits down crosslegged to watch, remembering how flighty Mithos was at that age]

[antreegonist]

*h-h-he's catching pennytoads 'o'*

[brotagonist]

[oh gosh.]

Now I kinda miss those things...

[antreegonist]

*--!*

[brotagonist]

[doesn't move. . .]

[antreegonist]

You came! You came to visit!

[brotagonist]

Guess so. Hi.

[antreegonist]

Hiii!

*...puts the pennytoads down! before wading over*

[brotagonist]

[WAITS TO SEE WHAT HE WILL DO :O]

[antreegonist]

*...fling himself at you

sorry about the mud*

[brotagonist]

[well okay! >D catches him, laughing]

Whoa!

[antreegonist]

*8DDDD*

It's really you! The others said you visited but last time you didn't get to come this way!

[brotagonist]

Of course it's me, doofus. Sorry if I missed you.

[ruffles |D]

[antreegonist]

*ahhhh happiesttt |D*

[brotagonist]

[YOU ARE CUTE.]

You were waiting on me?

[antreegonist]

I dunno. True Heart explained it was probably a long time between visits? But you came back anyway.

[brotagonist]

Yeah, I dunno how.

[antreegonist]

I'm just glad you're here.