Well sorry, I don't usually go around announcing it. [If only because the Wildcats seemed to have either figured it out or not cared either way.] You're literally the second person here that knows.
[A sigh.] Never mind, the point of that whole thing is that I get it. I get what you're trying to say and I get why you shut me down out in the woods. I got it.
[If he wasn't so serious, Ryan would probably laugh. It's true, he knows it's true, but it doesn't stop him from mumbling quietly.] Yeah, I know. But I still can be better than that. [But no, let's just...
...see, this is why Sharpay doesn't let you talk, Ryan. You're kind of a huge embarrassment and you're making big overdramatic deals out of nothing so just wrap it up and leave Zelos alone. He doesn't need you wasting time.]
Yeah...you're right. You're definitely right, I just have to remember that. Thank you. Really.
[Zelos meanwhile isn't so sure Ryan knows it. The mumbling, Trying so hard to prove himself here (when frankly, he doesn't seem suited at all in this kind of life), all while trying so hard to hide stuff about himself....the details were different, but it's a story he's seen all the same]
[But. That's for Ryan to work out. If he made a big deal about angels, maybe he'll take it to heart. Or maybe he won't. There's not much Zelos can do about that. Only hope that the kid will work it out.]
Yeah, sure.
I'll let you go now. But...thanks for talking to me. I mean it.
[Someday he'll probably figure it out, but that won't be today. Normally Ryan's 100% comfortable with who he is and will be more than happy to tell people to go screw themselves if they have a problem now that he's settled...but that's back home. That's not here. That's not here where he's so out of his element he doesn't even know what to do or what's okay to say or think or be.
But that's for him to figure out later.]
Sure. Just remember that it's a pretty monumental occasion. I don't apologize that often. [The tone's light and joking...but he's kind of serious. And with that he disconnects the feed probably to go obsess about stuff somewhere.]
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[A sigh.] Never mind, the point of that whole thing is that I get it. I get what you're trying to say and I get why you shut me down out in the woods. I got it.
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But...alright. Nice to hear you got it. [Better late than never he guesses]
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But yeah. I apologized to Kelsi, figured you were next. Anything else you feel like embedding into my brain while I'm listening?
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[But oh right, anything else? There's a pause before he speaks]
Well, I guess I could impart some...Chosen wisdom before you go.
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Chosen wisdom, huh? Okay, sure. Go for it.
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There's nothing wrong with who you are.
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...see, this is why Sharpay doesn't let you talk, Ryan. You're kind of a huge embarrassment and you're making big overdramatic deals out of nothing so just wrap it up and leave Zelos alone. He doesn't need you wasting time.]
Yeah...you're right. You're definitely right, I just have to remember that. Thank you. Really.
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[But. That's for Ryan to work out. If he made a big deal about angels, maybe he'll take it to heart. Or maybe he won't. There's not much Zelos can do about that. Only hope that the kid will work it out.]
Yeah, sure.
I'll let you go now. But...thanks for talking to me. I mean it.
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But that's for him to figure out later.]
Sure. Just remember that it's a pretty monumental occasion. I don't apologize that often. [The tone's light and joking...but he's kind of serious. And with that he disconnects the feed
probably to go obsess about stuff somewhere.]