[AUDIO] - The Clinic
[Emporio holds his pearl with care, making sure not to project much of a video image. The mental audio is best here he thinks, if at least because of what he's 'talking' about.
...
With difficulty, but he's trying to keep those feelings out of the transmission as well.]
Everyone- Uh. I need you to know that Guildmaster Ribombee brought Firepaw in today. ...He found him outside his office door, with a report in his jaws.
...Firepaw was. ...Was working really hard the last little while. He was down here so many times that Anasui and I had to pull him out more than once to try and get him to sleep, but.
[Distantly, one might actually make out the sounds of the Espartha cursing. Anyone who actually knows the bird can tell that he's upset.
But not in an 'angry' way.
Emporio presses on.]
...I'd say I'd hope he can get some rest for a bit now, but after what happened to A.B.A...
...Well. We'll all be taking turns looking after him with the others. But please. Just... ...Look after yourselves too. Don't push it.
[The connection ends.]
...
With difficulty, but he's trying to keep those feelings out of the transmission as well.]
Everyone- Uh. I need you to know that Guildmaster Ribombee brought Firepaw in today. ...He found him outside his office door, with a report in his jaws.
...Firepaw was. ...Was working really hard the last little while. He was down here so many times that Anasui and I had to pull him out more than once to try and get him to sleep, but.
[Distantly, one might actually make out the sounds of the Espartha cursing. Anyone who actually knows the bird can tell that he's upset.
But not in an 'angry' way.
Emporio presses on.]
...I'd say I'd hope he can get some rest for a bit now, but after what happened to A.B.A...
...Well. We'll all be taking turns looking after him with the others. But please. Just... ...Look after yourselves too. Don't push it.
[The connection ends.]

no subject
Weren't they just starting to make things right? How is that fair...?
Instinctively, Flowey reaches for his save file.
It isn't there.]
...
[It's permanent. He can't go back. He can't fix it. All he can do is wait. There's noting he hates more than feeling helpless like this. Maybe this is the price he pays for getting to meet Chara again. Maybe it's only a matter of time until he loses them again, too.]
... What an idiot. He spends so much time taking care of other people, but he can't even take care of himself.
[Flowey cuts the psychic transmission.
If anyone checks on Firepaw later, a half-wilted and slightly-battered flower crown rests near his bedside.]
no subject
He's not taking it personally at least. Or, well.
...He knows Flowey's not saying that to be mean.
That said, there's a pretty strong chance that Emporio is actually down there in the room when the flower crown is being delivered. He won't comment on it. He's nicer than that.
But he does make sure a space is clear when he sees what Flowey has.]