seasonality ✦ mandricardo

[commandertoolbelt]

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[duranduel]

...So there's hope.

[A very, very small smile, relieved.]

I...hope you can do it.

[commandertoolbelt]

Yeah, I mean - as long as they're alive, there's still a chance. So we'll get them back, no matter what it takes.

[duranduel]

[Yeah...that's the best one can hope for.]

I know you're blaming yourself over all of that, but...I-I think you're a good friend, Leo.

[commandertoolbelt]

[ he nods, like he's trying to convince himself of that, too. ]

Yeah... Yeah. I only used the fortune cookie to help Frank and Hazel in the first place, so... now we just have to keep going. No pressure, you know?

[duranduel]

Right! Right.

[And a beat.]

I...believe in you!

[THIS IS HIS VERY AWKWARD ATTEMPT AT REASSURANCE]

[commandertoolbelt]

[ . . .

leo laughs. IT'S JUST SO AWKWARD but it sounds genuine it's so funny. ]

Thanks, man. I need to hear that, sometimes.

[duranduel]

[He blushes, slightly...he knows he's not good at this.]

I think we...all need to hear it. Especially in a place like this.

[commandertoolbelt]

You're right about that. If we let everything that happens here get to us, we'll never get through it, you know?