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"No problem? I'm glad you're feeling better." Celeste stared out into the stars above. He really did have a wonderful friendship with Icetales. Celeste leaned into Icetales. He took a deep breath and thought about how pleasant it was to spend this night with his friend. <><><><><>

Celeste laughed back. "Sure, chill out." He took a deep breath. There was more to say, but he wasn't sure how. "I was never in such a survival situation. I'm just... emotionally defensive. It was just easier to only invest in those who were close to me. Saved me having to worry about...

Celeste smiled. "I am sure you would fix it had you ever the chance. Yours is the gentlest of hearts... Just... Don't lose yourself in the size of the task, okay? There's times you're startlingly alike to Brisa before her shadow talked her into allowing herself from rest. I worry you'd crush...

Celeste shut his eyes and took a deep breath. "I understand." Icetales was already beginning to shake. He hoped talking would make this better and not worse. "I suppose Team Spectrum... is not entirely a singular team. We're a bunch of partially-overlapping friend circles, who happened to have...

"I am in the mood for stargazing... Though, I also came here because I thought I might find you." Celeste sighed. "There... has been a lot going on. The tree, Xerneas, Soda... and Maple's Voidlands. I got the impression it was wearing at you. Thought you might appreciate having someone to talk...

Celeste was worried about Icetales. It seemed the poor ninetales just couldn't get away from these voidlands... Or, he could avoid it, but he insisted upon going in again. It was, for one reason or another, important to him he be there. Celeste probably hadn't helped things between the two of...

At first, Celeste found Icetales' response was making him nervous. Icetales was talking entirely about corruption and ferality, while avoiding the part he'd been most anxious about. The suggestion of working through their respective feelings, though... That couldn't be bad. He hadn't hurt their...

After a moment of staring at Icetales, the shadows around Celeste sputtered out, his appearance returning to normal. "S-Sorry. Something slipped for a second there. While we were fighting Joule, I ended up using more radiance than I'm used to..." He took a deep breath, focusing to make sure...

For a moment, Celeste leaned into Icetales. "You shouldn't have to do anything... You did nothing wrong." Shadows flickered around him, and he pulled back. His eyes became purple as his red irises burned from behind his contact lenses. "It's not your problem. We shouldn't have allowed ourselves...

Celeste considered interrupting, but instead let Icetales finish. "Don't try to blame Bahamut for anything. It's not because of Bahamut that you disappeared. You can't blame him for not refusing to answer when Petram asked him a question he knew the answer to. It's also not his fault we saw...

Celeste's eyes widened as, for a moment, the shadows made Icetales look like something not himself. He quickly tried to stifle the reaction. He found himself with no words. He didn't even entirely understand the full implications of what Icetales was saying. Though he had not words, he still...

Celeste took a deep breath. He knew which of those had been bothering him the most. "Voidlands." He looked forward to clearing the air on that subject. Though... A small part of him wanted to hold on to the angry, hurt feeling he had about it.

This place made Celeste ache for the earlier times with Icetales. Before everything became complicated. "It is nice." Or rather, it would be nice, if not for the lingering ominous feeling he couldn't quite shake. "I... I would like to talk to you. About the night after we fought Joule, the...

Ever since his chat with Brisa, Celeste had been trying to think of a way to broach the subject with Icetales. Numerous badge messages had been composed, found unsatisfactor, and promptly deleted without sending. In the end, it took him so long that the problem resolved itself: Icetales had...

Celeste laughed. The excitement from his friends was contagious. “I’m looking forward to it.” <><><><><>

Some complications... that’s what those papers were about, it seemed. “Oh well. Temporary setbacks, I suppose? I’m looking forward to it. Something makes me think this will be a more interesting group to party with than the people I know from back home.”

Celeste smiled for real and nodded. “Yes. I’d like that very much.”

Celeste laughed a humourless laugh. “You don’t have to worry about me, you know. I wasn’t old enough to even know what happened to me back then. I’ve spent the rest of my life since then safe and comfortable in a privileged position in a nice town. Your problems are much more... significant.”

“That’s why I’m here, really. I could hurl myself off a cliff and go back home anytime, but... I feel like I have to be here. I have a duty to perform here.” I don’t want to be here. He’d known that already, at least on some level... but admitting it felt different. He had always told himself...

“Oh my. That’s quite a story. I am glad that it resolved itself in your favour. Glad you’re here with us.” Should he say it? Would it sound like he was trying to one-up Icetales? He didn’t want that. Oh? Vix just asked him. That simplified things. “Well, I’ve had a... well, not exactly a...