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Shouto Todoroki | Blue | #57A7C5

What is it?

[Shouto folds up the terrible drawing of his father and hesitates before putting it back in his pocket.]

This is already pretty big. A hundred times?

[No wonder Vriska felt like she had to do what her guardian said. Outsized like that... it's scary, and he knows it. He knows what his father looked like when he was little.]

Easily. She was enormous. That's why I had to feed her, actually. Eventually she grew too big to remain in her old hunting grounds, and once she emerged, it was my job to take care of her. I think I was the equivalent of about six, in human years.

That's a lot to put on a kid. How long were you with her?

I mean, she was with me my whole life. She even came with us into Sgrub. All our custodians did. I mostly avoided her once we got into the game, and then I died. So.

[ shrug!!!!! ]

... I really have to figure out what to do with this thing. I don't want to destroy it, but looking at it is just going to piss me off.

[He still understands nothing about Homestuck, but maybe that's for the best. At least Vriska was free of her for a while and then she ended up here.]

Maybe give it to somebody you trust? So you don't have to look at it but it won't be destroyed either.

... that is not a bad idea.

[ Vriska pillows her chin on the heel of her hand, staring thoughtfully at the spider. ]

Maybe I will give it to John. He would get it, I think.

You two have history, right? That sounds like a good plan to me.

[ Her grin is sharp. ]

"History" is a cute word for a whole lot of bullshit. But. [ The sharpness leaves her on a sigh. ] Actually, since I got back, things have been really different. We're actually getting along. It's been ... nice.