Buddy: *stumbles To Door To Open It As Best They Could, Peaking Through The Small Opening They Made,

they’re literally me

Buddy: I don't know, what do you do when you're sad or scared...

um....

(The answer is that they close themself off emotionally, but that seems like bad advice.)

Buddy: So.... my parents just left me at this daycare?

..........i...........buddy. do you......remember putting on a vr headset?

M!A: *laughs again*

So you ain't even denying it, angsty Zooble is now a softie parent?

well- not a parent. i’m not- i can’t be a parent-

Gangle: I don't think so unless abstraction c-

*stops mid-sentence and begins to quietly sob thinking about Kaufmo, his loss still raw in her mind*

........i miss him.

Caine: *pops in, screaming from excitement at a new member*

Buddy: *screams and cries, hiding behind Zooble*

don’t do that, you’re scaring them! buddy, it’s ok, this is just caine. um- hang on a sec.

(They pull Caine aside, explaining that Buddy thinks they’re at daycare and they don’t want to shatter that illusion.)

Caine: Ohhhh that hacker?

YEAH

Analog horror series about your friend getting a boyfriend

Gangle: *chases after Zooble in tears*

I'll save you!

uh- thanks, but i really don’t think you can...

Caine: Ummmm

*juggles his eyes to make Buddy laugh, which works*

(They smile, relieved.)