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[secondnature]

No.

I guess I should find out who else had it happen to them and see if it hurt for them, too.

[fessus]

Yeah?

[ No shit? WHY ARE YOU MAKING HIM WORRY ABOUT YOU ]

Pretty sure that's a big deal. Cool you got your weapon but wtf man.

[secondnature]

[Because he's distracted.]

It's not just a weapon.

Why did you contact me?

[fessus]

Well what else is it then? Don't try to change the subject, say you're gonna message El or somebody soon.

[secondnature]

El wouldn't get it. None of them do. It's not their fault. Everything about it is weird.

[He qualifies it so that Noctis doesn't think he's mad. Keith figures he always sounds mad.]

Anyway.

The knife was my mother's once, and now it's mine.

[fessus]

How do you know if you haven't told anybody? I'm js be careful is all, let somebody know if you're hurt. Doesn't have to be me but I can help out if you want.

Cool, like an heirloom?

[secondnature]

If I hurt tomorrow, I'll talk to someone.

Not an heirloom. It's still a weapon.

[fessus]

Cool thanks.

Well yeah an heirloom can be a weapon. I've got one back home that my dad passed onto me, like that.

[secondnature]

Oh.

Do you use them?

[fessus]

Knives?

[secondnature]

No.

[Imagine one of Keith's longer "no"s here, it's important.]

The weapons from your dad.

[fessus]

[ Oh. ]

Yeah, I do. I use weapons from my other ancestors too, way older ones.

That stuff's important to me so I get how yours would be a big deal for you too.

[secondnature]

I didn't know mine was my mom's for a really long time.

It's what inspired me to pick up a blade, though. I knew ... well. I didn't know anything.

But it felt right.

[fessus]

I think I kinda get that.

So if you had to hurt to get something back, that'd be the one to get. Can I see it some time?

[secondnature]

Yeah.

[Should he tell him it's not working properly, and that he's worried about his life force? About his mom's life force?

Maybe.

But he decides to keep it to himself.]

You didn't message me to ask about a knife. Because you didn't know.

So, what was it?

[fessus]

There's never any segue between hot and cold for you......

Fine, w/e, I thought you might wanna hang out. This just sounded like something more important you were dealing with so I wanted to talk about it first.

[secondnature]

I can bring my knife?

[fessus]

[ ... oh, wait, does that mean he's agreeing that easily? Somehow Noctis expected to have to justify himself since so much with Keith has been a hard-won battle, but the fact that this is an easy win actually gets a hint of a smile out of him. ]

Are you asking permission or something? Yeah sure, bring it.

[secondnature]

Okay ...

Bring it where?

[Keith does contain multitudes, Noctis. Look at that!]

[fessus]

[ A multitude of sharp objects doesn't count!! ]

Idk, you know any good spots? If not I've got something in mind and we could meet at a restaurant first if you're hungry. I had some vr stuff I wanted to do but then I wouldn't see the knife.

[secondnature]

I like being outside but it's not a good idea with the heat and water rationing.

[One is definitely why the other is annoying him. If he could drink all the water he wanted ...]

A restaurant's fine. As long as they don't care about knives. Nowhere fancy. That would care.

[fessus]

Dw I'm not gonna let you melt or get you frisked.

Let's meet up at Blu's, it's pretty cheap but the dessert's good. I'll send you coords. Are you free rn?

[ Luckily his own shifts have been later and later in the evening to compensate for the unbearable changes in weather, and tonight's his night off on top of that. Good thing, too, since it shouldn't be too much longer before the sun's setting. ]

[secondnature]

I'm free. I basically set my own schedule.

[Which works for Keith. He needs something that won't make him feel tied down.]

Just let me know where.

[fessus]

Okay I'm gonna shower then head over so ~15 minutes.

[ At least he knows his hair will dry instantly when he steps outside. But here he is sending the coordinates, as promised. ]

Don't be late.

[secondnature]

[There is the contrary part of Keith—the part from before Voltron, before the space whale—that wants to be late just to be late. It's because Noctis told him not to be. But he's also surprisingly willing to be disciplined and on the ball. He just also likes to be difficult.

Either way, discipline wins out because he doesn't want Noctis to use it against him.

Keith turns up at the restaurant in a tank top and a pair of pants that has enough pockets to conceal his knife. Thanks to the weather—and Keith's unwillingness to go without being active, even if it doesn't cool down at night like the desert that he actually surprisingly misses a lot—he's sporting a tan.

His arms are crossed as he's waiting.

Oh, and he was two minutes early.

So take that, Noctis!]