[ smashcut to jonas nearly a week later living in a depression hole tbh.
anyway...he is aware they are right. they cannot afford another week, even if the circumstances this week are somehow even worse. but it's okay. it's fine. they will force this to work in their favor as best as they can. even with their minds scrambled and so many possibilities of things going wrong, they can try.
it's wishful thinking they'll all be okay tomorrow, but...maybe trying to be an optimist is okay. just this once.
he lets them tilt his head up, and the grin grows a tiny bit wider. ]
We would never let you do this alone. And...it's probably best it's me anyway. Don't apologize for that. We'll be in and out, easy. [ but...he takes a breath and nods to that. ] Forward is...a direction. We'll do our best to find what that is.
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anyway...he is aware they are right. they cannot afford another week, even if the circumstances this week are somehow even worse. but it's okay. it's fine. they will force this to work in their favor as best as they can. even with their minds scrambled and so many possibilities of things going wrong, they can try.
it's wishful thinking they'll all be okay tomorrow, but...maybe trying to be an optimist is okay. just this once.
he lets them tilt his head up, and the grin grows a tiny bit wider. ]
We would never let you do this alone. And...it's probably best it's me anyway. Don't apologize for that. We'll be in and out, easy. [ but...he takes a breath and nods to that. ] Forward is...a direction. We'll do our best to find what that is.