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[What. No, really. WHAT. Did he just—
Beatrix practically seethes. What an inconsiderate thing to draw attention to. Everyone else is wise enough to not even address it.]

Beatrix. [She corrects him.] I have been fine and attempting to reach out to all of you when time permits me to. You were the next. I still have others to check on after you as well.

You are the one who roused me, is that correct?

[The eyepatch was something that stood out to him, thus the nickname. But it sounds like she doesn't really appreciate that.]

aight aight dont get your panties in a bunch [Looks like he'll just have to think up another one.]

yeah that was me
you was pretty banged up when i got to ya

[She really doesn't appreciate that. The only saving him is the fact that he saved her. She'll consider that debt repaid now.

...Maybe.

He has no idea how to talk to a woman, it seems. What a rude young man. Dante would love him. So would Zidane, for that matter.]

So it would seem. Eustace in that state at the time was a formidable opponent.

I appreciate your intervention. And that of your companion.

[Phantom, she means.]

[He'd seen the damage Eustace had done. In the aftermath of the battle after he and Phantom had left, the image of everyone stuck with him for longer than he would like to admit. There were times he still wished he could have done more but the others have reminded him that he'd done his best considering the circumstances.]

heh me and kitty boy hauled ass to get there
but naw you right wolfie was still pretty outta it when i found him
he kept tellin me to stay back when i got to him

I am not at all surprised to hear that, all things considered. It is very likely he did not wish to hurt anyone else any further.

[Although she assumes Eustace had never wanted to hurt anyone to begin with.]

It is good you arrived when you did. Had you been any later, I do not like thinking of what may have happened. Thank you for all that you did. For all of us, in addition to myself.

thats what he was saying before i knocked him out
teef handled the rest when he calmed down

[A part of him still didn't feel like he deserved much thanks, but since talking to the others, he knows that he did his best given the circumstances. It's not like he knows how to do things any other way after all.]

nah its no biggie
just doing what i hadta back then

['Teef' must be 'Tifa.' It's a simple enough deduction. Evidently Beat just has pet names for everyone.]

You may not have seen it as particularly important, but I do assure you it most certainly was.

Have you gone to pay either of them visit since the ordeal? If not, you ought to do so. I imagine they would like to see you. Eustace may have a difficult time expressing himself, but I suspect he actually cares for all of us quite a bit.

[...There's irony in her for saying this.]

yeah me and wolfie met up a while back

[He'd seen Tifa too but that was in a dream... Dreamscrape? What was it called again? He wasn't sure if that counted.]

been walking some of the dogs for him for a little bit now
knew there was a lotta them but like not that much you know?

Every time I think Eustace cannot possibly have more dogs, somehow he manages to get even more. I doubt that I have met them all.

[Which means there's probably more than she's even aware of.]

Given how many there are, however, I suspect that Eustace and Tifa not having to walk them all is likely for the best. Giving them time to focus on more important things. Recovery and their wedding.

DAMN YOU RIGHT YO
thats coming up aint it?
i totally forgot about it

[There's only so many things Beat can keep track of and, clearly, that amount not a lot.]

yo i gotta walk more of them dogs so they dont gotta think about that too

[Really? He forgot about it? How did he forget that.]

I am not certain of the date they wish to have it, but I suspect better sooner than later. When one knows what one wants, it is better to not procrastinate on it too much.

[The heart wants what the heart wants.]

I suspect if you simply continue to offer your assistance to them with the dogs, or with anything else, they will likely appreciate it. It will grant them the time needed to focus on the things they need to.

yeah wasn't gonna stop that even if they wasnt gonna have no wedding
but yous right about them needing to focus on all that
i mean thats probably enough to keep wolfie from freaking out again
ya feel me?

[It's been enough time that Beat is able to make a joke about the situation they'd found themselves in a few months back. What had happened back then may have been serious but it seems like his sense of humor is intact despite it.]

[That's one hell of a way to put it, but she couldn't really agree more.]

I think as long as Eustace is reminded that he is not facing these things alone, that he has others who care about him and will assist, there will likely not be a repeat of what we encountered in the cave.

[There's a long pause. That's optimistic thinking of her. She still isn't really sure how it happened to begin with. She doesn't know what set Eustace off, which tells her that for all of their similarities, she doesn't know him as well as she ought to.]

Unless you know something I do not.

if he forgets imma just smack him in the head with something bigger than his gun

[Because clearly, that seemed to have helped last time, not that Beatrix was conscious enough to see that. The way he wrote that back may have been a little too quick though, as if he was almost excited for the chance to do it again.]

i dunno if i know more than you lady
wolfie aint really budging when we got to talking
but i think he knows that we around
that we sticking around even if he went all batshit on us

[She's inclined to wish him luck with that one. Eustace requires more than a few hits to get the message sometimes, she thinks.]

I agree. Eustace is a proud man and likely does not wish to ask things of us if he need not do so. It may do his heart and his spirit some good to have the reminder that even if he wishes not to pursue it, to ask of us assistance, it is available to him regardless.

Such is the nature of close friendships.

[Beat can sympathize with what she says about Eustace. He's the same way, not wanting to ask for help right away if it was something he felt he can do on his own. It took him a while to open up to his friends too originally back home, but they meant the world to him afterward. Without them around, he knew he had to try to do the same with the people around him in this dream world.]

aint all that easy to do that all the time too i guess
we just gotta keep at it if he needs us
heh sounds like you know wolfie pretty well dontcha patch?

[He's already slipped back into the nickname, seemingly forgetting the reprimand only moments ago.]

[Beatrix.

She wants to correct him again, but refrains. If he starts making a habit of it, however, she’ll reconsider it.]

I would say it is more that Eustace and I have things in common. It gives me an advantage in deducing what I know of him and his behaviour. To say I know him ‘well,’ however, I would not necessarily agree. He would likely say the same if one were to reverse our roles.

[They are merely alike. In the end, she can only make conjecture over him as she would with any other.]

aint you known him for a long time though?
figured you two knew each other pretty good cause of that

Length of time does not imply familiarity, Beat. Neither Eustace nor I are the types to say much about ourselves. I have, from time to time, pried about information on him, though I do not feel I need to know much. On the contrary, I may be more comfortable with him because we do not know much about one another.

[Man, did he wish he had stickers to help convey the confusion he felt from that statement. Being comfortable with each other because they didn't know much? How does that even work?]

huh you and wolfie make for hella weird friends yo
i dont get it but if you each others backs guess thats more than enough for me

[She's certain it would sound weird to her as well if she wasn't directly involved. Whatever it is between her and Eustace, it works. To her, that's all that matters.]

I assure you that we do. As much as we both have yours, Beat.

right back at ya patch

[The nickname is here to stay. Sorry, Beatrix]

[Somewhere, Beatrix is angrily tearing pages out of her journal.

SHE HAS A NAME.

SHE IS NOT A PATCH.

She's gonna kill this kid.]

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