[The silence is unnerving. Ren has never not answered a call, always so excited to be talking into the 'treasure', to hear your voice across whatever distance separating you.]
I know it's probably hard right now, to talk, but-- I know you can do it. We're coming to find you, okay? Just hang tight. You won't even have to walk home, you're gonna get to ride on Magnus, which is really-- it's dope. But, but you gotta tell us where you are, pumpkin.
[Another call a few minutes later, searching a widening circle around camp of Ren's favorite hiding spots. It's starting to become clear that, if Ren can hear her, she doesn't want to answer.
Lup has to believe she will.]
Hey listen, don't I get a hint, for finding you? You're, you're crushing it right now, and there's uhm, there's a medal? For hide n seek champion, back home? But you've got to give me a hint first or it doesn't count, that's-- that's how it is.
If you can't talk, make some noise, okay? We'll hear it. Try-- try humming! Like-- [And she begins to hum a tune, random at first, it quickly turns into notes she and Barry had put to paper a long, long time ago - a tender, joyous song of love and devotion and hope.]
[It's unbearable. Her heart stops at every shadow of an overgrown rock, every lone petal on the ground, every cat or flower doodle chalked onto a tree to mark a safe place. She can't have gone that far, she has to be around here, they must be so close--]
Ren, please. It's okay that you left but-- We just want you back. I promise we won't be mad or, or sad? We're family, do you remember what that means? That being together is always better, no matter what, that it makes the sad times less sad and-- It's a time like that now, where we should be together.
Let's just get back to camp, and-- Taako and Kravitz could really use tucking in? They're waiting for you there, they-- they wanna see you again too-- [She can't keep doing this, she just, can't. A soft sob drifts through the Stone.]
[And then, the sound of a dog barking in the distance.]
Her ears perk at the sound of her aunt's voice and it feels like she's home again. It's not flowers covering her body, but a blanket. She's listening to her family go about their nightly routine, surrounded by the warmth their words bring. Something in her delirious mind makes her think she can sit up to greet her and-
That's right. She can't-
walk home, you're gonna get to ride on Magnus, which is really-- it's dope
This was supposed to be quiet and she doesn't-she doesn't understand where that idea stems from. The corpses in her world didn't speak, but she didn't need to hear their ethereal voices to know how alone they were in the end. That's how it was meant to be and-
Hey listen, don't I get a hint, for finding you?
She doesn't want to be alone. She doesn't want to be alone. She doesn't want to be alone. It's cold and she's scared and her fingers haven't stopped trembling since she laid down under the stars she can no longer see and-
She can't talk. She can't say anything and please help me is-
Drowned out by that quiet, gentle hum that calms the way her heart's slamming into her chest again and again. Gives her something to concentrate beyond the rustle of grass, the sting of flowers poking through her flesh, the sudden, painful realization that she's going die she doesn't want to die please help because her aunt heard her heart and understood that-
Maybe that beautiful, quiet melody is all the help she needs, in the end. The sound of someone who loved her once lulling her into the nicest sleep she could ever hope for.]
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I know it's probably hard right now, to talk, but-- I know you can do it. We're coming to find you, okay? Just hang tight. You won't even have to walk home, you're gonna get to ride on Magnus, which is really-- it's dope. But, but you gotta tell us where you are, pumpkin.
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Lup has to believe she will.]
Hey listen, don't I get a hint, for finding you? You're, you're crushing it right now, and there's uhm, there's a medal? For hide n seek champion, back home? But you've got to give me a hint first or it doesn't count, that's-- that's how it is.
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Ren, please. It's okay that you left but-- We just want you back. I promise we won't be mad or, or sad? We're family, do you remember what that means? That being together is always better, no matter what, that it makes the sad times less sad and-- It's a time like that now, where we should be together.
Let's just get back to camp, and-- Taako and Kravitz could really use tucking in? They're waiting for you there, they-- they wanna see you again too-- [She can't keep doing this, she just, can't. A soft sob drifts through the Stone.]
[And then, the sound of a dog barking in the distance.]
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Her ears perk at the sound of her aunt's voice and it feels like she's home again. It's not flowers covering her body, but a blanket. She's listening to her family go about their nightly routine, surrounded by the warmth their words bring. Something in her delirious mind makes her think she can sit up to greet her and-
That's right. She can't-
walk home, you're gonna get to ride on Magnus, which is really-- it's dope
This was supposed to be quiet and she doesn't-she doesn't understand where that idea stems from. The corpses in her world didn't speak, but she didn't need to hear their ethereal voices to know how alone they were in the end. That's how it was meant to be and-
Hey listen, don't I get a hint, for finding you?
She doesn't want to be alone. She doesn't want to be alone. She doesn't want to be alone. It's cold and she's scared and her fingers haven't stopped trembling since she laid down under the stars she can no longer see and-
She can't talk. She can't say anything and please help me is-
Drowned out by that quiet, gentle hum that calms the way her heart's slamming into her chest again and again. Gives her something to concentrate beyond the rustle of grass, the sting of flowers poking through her flesh, the sudden, painful realization that she's going die she doesn't want to die please help because her aunt heard her heart and understood that-
Maybe that beautiful, quiet melody is all the help she needs, in the end. The sound of someone who loved her once lulling her into the nicest sleep she could ever hope for.]