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[flatteries]

Good day, everyone! [ Inigo smiles widely. ] I was wondering if anyone either has or knows of something rare and they wouldn't mind it.. erm, losing it.. probably permanently.

[ He's saying that statement as if he's only now realising how weird that sounds out loud.

But it's too late to go back on that now. ]

In exchange for a favour?

And preferably edible? But maybe not necessarily? Hey-- [ He turns away from the screen, seeming to have some mumbled discussion.

This is a totally normal ICP message. ]

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[adregem]

Thanks, pup. I'm gonna say I'm the more handsome of us two, as well. Call me biased.

[ He smiles with more mirth. At the time, it was a bit more serious facing his soulmate...But now, he can look at it in a different way. ]

But he has a deeper voice than mine. And his hair is white, cut short. No, that doesn't mean he looks old. [ He'll just go ahead and stop him right there, 1/2 Twin Teen. He knows where this is going. ] But the face, the face is the same.

[ Doloran's eyes though, they'll always be more lonely. Roland wishes he could do something about that, but it'll be up to the revenant king, in the end. This is something Inigo doesn't need to know, so he just keeps it to himself. ]

[flatteries]

[ CAUGHT HIM IN THE ACT OF IMAGINING IT. But come on, you can't tell him he has short white hair and not make him sound old! Inigo remembers Tidus asking if Roland's hair was white back home, okay, he now knows that's an old people thing. ]

So it's you, but different.. Huh, well, I guess that's for the better. [ It'd be even weirder if they were exactly the same, right? Inigo can't imagine two Rolands standing next to each other. ]

... did he have kids..?

[ The question is asked a bit more seriously. Because Inigo can't help but think about it. Maybe that other Roland has a kid too - would he find it weird to hear about Inigo? That Roland just kind of adopted him like this? ]

[adregem]

No. He didn't.

[ He says this with certainty. No room for argument, not even for wonder. Maybe, he says it a little sadly too. ] Maybe one day, he will.

[ Not that Roland is in any position to assume how he would move on from Alisandra... ] At any rate, if you see a guy with my face, short white hair, and talks in a deep voice, that's Doloran for you. Just send him my way.

[ He's joking about it, but he doesn't want to think about a moment where they would occupy the train at the same time. Weird, but also dangerous. Inigo meeting him first would not be the best scenario... ]

[flatteries]

I will!

[ And you know Inigo is a Good Boy, Roland. If he says he will, then he'll definitely keep himself to it.

Although he does go quiet for a moment, thinking.. ]

.. It's okay for me to talk to him though if that happens, right?

[ Not that Inigo knows of the whole deal with Doloran or anything, but he's just trying to be considerate. He's trying to think of what would happen if people from his home showed up here. He sure didn't mind his friends talking to Gerome, and any of his other friends from back home would be fine too, but.. what if Chrom showed up, disappointed in Inigo as he is? Inigo would rather hide himself and everyone he knows from having to hear about that.

So he just wants to make sure first. He'd never want to do anything that could hurt Roland or make him awkward. Not on purpose, anyway. ]

[adregem]

...Yeah. It should be okay. [ Though that isn't something he's willing to put confidence in. It would depend a whole lot on whether Doloran came at a time before or after he's been beaten and made to see reason.

Otherwise...No, No Roland won't think of him doing that. Inigo doesn't have a kingsbond. He doesn't want to imagine that it is, putting him directly in Doloran's interests. Naga was not a kingmaker. Right? ]

Just make sure you tell me as soon as you can if he starts making you uncomfortable. [ But these are hypotheticals. It's not going to happen. Right? ] Heh. Or pinch him. I'll feel that. I'll know it as the sign to come running.

[flatteries]

[ Inigo is definitely wondering what this Doloran is like now, for Roland to assume that he may end up doing something to make Inigo uncomfortable..

Or is that just Roland's default worry about Inigo, considering he gets uncomfortable all the time in social situations? Who knows.

He doesn't bother to dig for now though, instead just committing the fact to memory. ]

Got it. Pinching him. I'll make sure to remember that. [ Doloran has no idea what potential fate is awaiting him on this train. ]

Either way.. Thank you for trying to help me out with Jumblie, Roland. And for giving her to me in the first place. She's been a really big help already.

[adregem]

[ He should be SCARED OUT OF HIS MIND!!! Doloran get wrecked!! By Roland's teens! ]

I'm glad to hear that pup. That's all I want for you. [ To be okay. To be happy. ] The both of you are good for each other. And you've got the added bonus of talking back to her too, heh.

[ He looks aside and starts summoning his own higglepal back to him. Bambosh makes a cute wave and dance and disappears, only to reappear on Roland's shoulder. ]

I'm off to the library. [ Roland pauses. ] I'll see you at dinner?

[flatteries]

Of course!

[ Inigo smiles widely, even now Roland's higglebuddy has left him. After all, what's not to be happy about when he's got a dinner promise with his train dad? Those are his favourite!

Even moreso when Roland initiates them, rather than Inigo having to drag the guy over to eat. ]

I can't wait. See you then, father.