[There's a small, frail boy curled up in an igloo, shivering with cold. Tiny ice crystals have collected on the eyelashes of half-lidded, sleepy eyes, shining against flushed cheeks
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[Piston practically trips over him as he goes into the igloo and finds a Sho at his feet!
Pushing his hat up - which he conveniently found with a scarf as he ran around the Nexus - he gets one good look at the sleeping boy and starts all over again.]
[He gives a tiny whimper when Piston's feet touch him, and his eyes flick up to look at him, but he gives no other response. He can't decide whether to move towards the stranger or away from him. He looks so warm...he looks nice...but he might try to take Polo away, and he couldn't leave...]
[Seeing a small response, Piston squats down the gape at the sparsely dressed teen. He's never seen any version of him before, but he looks so- Why's he dressed so badly, much less out here?!
Tearing off his wide scarf, he drops it over the closest bare spot on him as he talks.]
Come on, you can't sleep out in the cold - everyone knows that! We need to get you warmed up.
[He tries to reach out to wrap the scarf around himself, but his fingers are too numb to grip it, so he only manages to drape it messily over his arms.]
Yeah well, it's cold in here, too! ['Lucky' for him though, Piston's more focused on wrapping him up first, though.
Seeing the scarf's not doing much good, and he's at least not half-unconscious, he takes off his usual jacket to lay over the small teen- At least that covers him properly!]
[In spite of himself, he clings to Piston when he picks him up, pressing himself as close to him as he can manage. So warm...but thawing out, even this slowly, stings more than a little.]
[Piston practically trips over him as he goes into the igloo and finds a Sho at his feet!
Pushing his hat up - which he conveniently found with a scarf as he ran around the Nexus - he gets one good look at the sleeping boy and starts all over again.]
H-hey, kid! Wake up!
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Tearing off his wide scarf, he drops it over the closest bare spot on him as he talks.]
Come on, you can't sleep out in the cold - everyone knows that! We need to get you warmed up.
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Ca...can't go out...cold...out there...
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Seeing the scarf's not doing much good, and he's at least not half-unconscious, he takes off his usual jacket to lay over the small teen- At least that covers him properly!]
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[He tries to grasp the scarf again, this time succeeding enough to wrap it loosely around his frozen, blue-tinted hands.]
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[Really, if they stay in here, he'll freeze, too! So he'll be moving to scoop up the teen in his grip.]
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Ah...
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But as he slips out of the igloo- ducking down at the snow coming down - he gives Shou a glance, barely hearing him over the breeze.]
Hey, just hold tight! We'll be out of here in a second! [If he can remember where the exit is.]
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