caughtinanetwork | Video - Flowers for Sola

[It's taken Sola a little while to get up the courage to face Vatheon again, and even now it's through the network that he decides to do it, not confident enough to do so in person.]

Um, I guess everyone's glad to be back to normal, right? 'cause you can reach cupboards again or read and write. I'm glad for you, I guess, but...

[There's a long pause as Sola tries to form what words he wants, looking tired. This week of his mind equalizing back to what it was instead of the far advanced pathways it had formed during the curse. Words he'd known how to use were gaps in his mind, reasoning broken and fragmented until he found the simpler thought progression he'd used before. He doesn't want to go back to being ill-fitted to his own body. He liked being smart, or at least being able to understand things, to comprehend just like everyone else. Losing it is a heavy blow to his confidence.]

I'll miss it. I know I'll learn, eventually, but it was really good knowing things and it's hard not knowing things now that I knew last week. It makes my brain kinda tired trying to remember them though.

Anyway, that's all.

[With an awkward wave, Sola reaches for the button to end the video.

The end of the curse had been a really terrible birthday present.]

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What's the big deal? Unless you forgot something like how to get home, it couldn't've been important.

[The Hylian's expression goes sour at Laharl's comment.]

What do you know? You don't have to feel like you don't match!

Don't match with what?

My head and the rest of me!

[After all, he looks to be in his late teens, just on the cusp of adulthood, but his mind is much closer to adolescent.]

[Unfortunately he's not really communicating that.]

You don't match your own head.

You look pretty much like an idiot to me. [Surely that matches your brain or whatever.]

You're such a jerk, Laharl! Why are you always so mean!?

[He can't explain it, not well. Maybe he could have during this last week when he'd had all the words but they're gone now, leaving him to feel mismatched and more empty than ever. It's frustrating, infuriating, and Laharl is only making it worse.]

I don't want to talk to you anymore! We're not even friends anymore! I hate you!

Hell, I'm not even trying.

[He honestly thought he was being pretty civil. But he has no objections if Sola wants to compliment him like that. Maybe he'll do it more.]

You must really be coddled by everyone you know. Do they hold your hand and tell you it's okay to be dumb?

[If Larharl was in the same room as Sola, he'd have decked him. even so the Hylian bristles further.]

I'm not dumb and if you ever come near me again, I'll tear your ears off!

[A heavy threat for someone from a race with incredibly sensitive ears. When the feed shuts off, even the click sounds furious.]

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