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[heartcorrupt]

[It's been long enough, and Tobias is done moping. He's thankful that he managed to patch up the original problem with Espio, and has been thinking ever since falling into the snippiness coming from his knife throwing. His final decision

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[turnip_rage]

[Espio has been spending his own time in the training centre, and is again surprised to find Tobias here. Since something is playing on his mind that, once again, he'd been hiding from Tobias. The last time he hid something from the kid, however... didn't work out too well.

Seeing that Tobias is occupied, he decides to hide off to the side for a while, employing his invisibility as he watches.

This is... pretty amazing from someone Espio still thinks of as timid. He almost applauds, even though he's still pretty pissed off that Tobias' aim is better than his. And that GF? Holy shit.

When he stops, Espio starts to move forward to see if he's all right - he looks like he wore himself out.]

Hey. Don't try too much at once.

[heartcorrupt]

[He seems unbothered by Espio's ninja appearance, simply giving him a smile.]

I'm okay. Really.

[turnip_rage]

Says the guy who just nuked everything in sight and is clearly suffering from overworking himself. [...says Espio, who's also known to do this.]

[heartcorrupt]

[Hypocrite. Tobias is just rubbing his chest, shaking his head.]

Really. I'm okay.

[turnip_rage]

Then why are you grasping your chest like that?

[heartcorrupt]

Because it's been a while since I went completely out.

[turnip_rage]

"A while," huh? [Sceptical look - he'd understand if Tobias was just short of breath, but... he kinda looks like he's in pain.] I don't remember seeing you go anywhere near that far before. Does that always happen?

[heartcorrupt]

No, it doesn't.

[turnip_rage]

So, what's different now?

[heartcorrupt]

I don't know. I guess I just worked a bit too hard.

[turnip_rage]

Hmm.

[Seems sceptical, but doesn't press. He's just going to keep this in mind, to harass Tobias about later.]

Anyway, I just spent the last hour looking for you.

[heartcorrupt]

What for? [Blinks a bit in surprise.]

[turnip_rage]

Just something I wanted to talk to you about. It can wait until later, if you want.

[heartcorrupt]

No, it's fine.

[His breathing has returned to normal, and he drops his hand to his knee.]

What's wrong?

[turnip_rage]

Nothing, really.

[Though his expression says otherwise. He's feeling a little embarassed that this thought has been bugging so much he's actively looked for Tobias to tell him - it's... well, silly. It could have waited.]

It's just another "secret." We both saw how well me keeping them worked out.

[heartcorrupt]

[He shifts his position a bit, looking at Espio attentively.]