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[todomarishi]

[Terra sits on an upraised ledge on his apartment's rooftop, a slice of evening sky behind him. Those who know him might notice he's looking better than he did a month ago: all the color's back in his complexion and the faint bruising under his eyes has faded. All in all, he no longer has that hit and then backed over by a high-speed glider look to

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[lockandkeyblade]

[Hey, this works out!]

So... that means you're definitely gonna be free for the next couple days, right?

[One down, a bunch more to go!]

Ditto to permavideo

[todomarishi]

... Sure, I guess so?

[What are you up to, young wielder.]

[lockandkeyblade]

[Oh you know. Nothin' suspicious!]

[Don't worry about it.]

Don't plan anything else, okay Terra?

[todomarishi]

[Uhuh.]

Why shouldn't I?

[lockandkeyblade]

Oh you know. Just a hunch.

[Lookit this face, bigpants. Totally innocent.]

How're you feeling?

[todomarishi]

Care to describe this hunch of yours?

[A little too totally innocent.]

Okay. [... All things considered.]

[lockandkeyblade]

[He just laughs hesitantly at that first part. Whoops. Let's try and stick to the important things.]

Um... Nothing's still hurting, is it?

[Like how Aqua still is. Who knows what that whole Xehanort Fiasco did to Terra longterm.]

[todomarishi]

[Oh boy. Someone's plotting something.]

You don't have to worry about me, Sora.

[Professional question dodgers, the both of them.]

[lockandkeyblade]

Course I'm gonna worry about you. That's what-

[Oop. The last time he went on about being friends, it didn't end so well.]

Everybody just wants to make sure you're okay.You look kinda tired, is all.

[todomarishi]

That's what friends do.

[He finishes for him, taking a guess at what he was going to say. Things have changed.]

I'll be fine. I promise.

[lockandkeyblade]

[Unexpected. But... not unwelcome. The small pause that comes after that isn't awkward. Just one of pleasant surprise.]

Okay but try and take it easy anyway.

[Not everybody's gone through what Terra has, after all. And going back to work at Portside even if he's got a few days off isn't going to be a picnic.]

Portside... that's a school, isn't it?

[todomarishi]

Sure.

[Sure, he says, knowing full well taking it easy usually isn't... well, easy. For him, at least.]

Kind of, yes. Portside United Martial Arts Academy. They teach what they call martial arts... Different fighting styles basically.

[lockandkeyblade]

So that makes you .. a teacher? Or a student?

[Because Terra as a janitor or something is just the most ridiculous idea.]

[todomarishi]

That makes me an assistant.

[The day he gets a job as a janitor, he'll know he has reached rock bottom.]

[lockandkeyblade]

Do assistants get to teach? And work with the kids?

[It's an awful lot of questions, but he's pretty curious about Terra. Despite having been briefed a little about him, there's still so much he doesn't know.]

[todomarishi]

Assistants help the teachers. But yes, I mostly work with kids.

[He's never been one to mind a lot of questions.]