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[adamantlyardent]

Oh, no, I--

[she hesitates.

after a beat.]

I'm. Not well! Is all. Sick. Caught...something. Gods only knows what sort of plague got kicked up in that awful desert city! Right?

[hatejakku]

Right... [ That's a flimsy excuse if he's ever heard one. ]

Well... I'm here for you, you know. If you're sick or... something else. Whatever you need, you know? Me and my healing ability are here if you need anything.

[adamantlyardent]

[after a long, but fussy beat:] Even magic-related things?

[hatejakku]

[ .... Ominous. ]

Yes? Sure. Yeah. Of course. I can try.

[adamantlyardent]

Sure? And then try? Which one is it, Finn!

[hatejakku]

I can do it! I can do it.

[ Probably. ]

What's wrong?

[adamantlyardent]

[hrnghjrng.

a long beat.]

...My hands.

They changed. Badly.

[hatejakku]

Changed? Changed how? What happened?

You sure you're not injured? Should I come find you?

[ Just a barrage of questions, I guess. ]

[adamantlyardent]

Look, if! If I knew how to share properly? Right now? I guess I would. Maybe. But like, I kind of can't work the phone-thing? Honestly, getting it to call was lucky, so I'm not even going to bother trying to finagle it and--[pause for breath. huff.]

Look.

It's not. An injury? Per se? It's. Like-- they're transmorgified? Kind of? I have theories. Not great theories! I mean, solid theories but not, like, ones I like to think about.

Anyway, unless you actually can undo some weird...magic...stuff. Then. I don't know. Don't worry about it, I guess? Because it's my stupid problem. Punishment. I don't know. Theories!

[hatejakku]

[ He has no idea what she just said. ]

I really don't know if my powers will work on this but I can still try. As far as... magic stuff goes, you're the only person I know that can do any of that. I'm not sure if the Force counts in this case.

Why do you say punishment?

[adamantlyardent]

[a beat.]

...W-well. Didn't...everyone get...kind of...punished there? Like, more than just in being there?

[hatejakku]

... A lot happened. That doesn't mean we were being punished. Sometimes, bad things happen for no real reason. It's just life.

[adamantlyardent]

[a touch flat:] I feel like there were a lot of reasons all that dumb stuff happened, Finn. Not good reasons, but like. Reasons.

[hatejakku]

Well, yeah. It happened because those goddesses were really upset about... whatever they were upset about.

But we didn't do anything wrong. It didn't happen to us because we did something wrong. They were just twisted and angry. That's not our fault.

[adamantlyardent]

[grumbly:] I guess so. I don't know.

[hatejakku]

[ Huff. ] It-... It doesn't matter, anyway. It's just not your fault.

Where are you? Let me try to help.

[adamantlyardent]

[after a beat:] M...My house. Room. In Heropa.

[hatejakku]

All right. I'll be there in... 20 minutes, tops.

[ About 15 minutes later, he's knocking on her door. ]

[adamantlyardent]

[with the door to her balcony open, she could hear someone's footsteps down below. she comes outside and peers down, straining to see from the angle she's at.

...ah. it is him.

calling:] Finn! Up here! Just, just pop up here, okay? [no need to cause a scene with the rest of the household...]

1/2

[hatejakku]

[ He blinks up at her and- Oh. Even with permission, it kind of feels like intruding.

Of course, he does it anyway. Finn appears beside her in an instant and glances down to her hands. ]

Hey. What's-

2/2

[hatejakku]

[ Huh. ]

Yeah, that's, uh-... Hm.


And it doesn't hurt?

[adamantlyardent]

[she grimaces, hiding her hands behind her back, red-faced with shame.]

Not. Not really? Unless utter humiliation hurts in the way you mean...

[hatejakku]

[ ... Uuuugh, he's not helping. Finn grimaces and lifts his hands to her, palms up. ]

Sorry. I'm sorry. Let me try to fix it. If I can't, we'll figure something out together, okay?

[adamantlyardent]

[she makes an uncomfortable noise. she knew he was lying, saying that he could fix it! but...she let him come all the same.

because even if he can't? she needs the comfort, whether she can admit it or not. and Finn's one of the best there is at that.

she relents, holding her hands -- er, claws -- out for him to inspect.]

...I told you. I have theories. I don't know if anything can be done about it but, maybe, like...waiting. I don't know.

[hatejakku]

[ His hands raise to hers but just hovers there for now as he takes a careful look at them. It's not an injury, like she said, so it's not likely he'll be healing anything. But maybe his power was about bringing things back to their natural state? If that's the case, then he can do this.

Probably. ]

Is it okay if I touch them? I'll have to for my powers... How did this happen? Specifically, I mean.

[ His guess is Clotho. If that's right, then... he doesn't know what to do. ]