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Well...

[He fiddled a little with the handle of his mug, looking down at the tea for a moment. Then when he looked back at Boober, his heart was so clearly in his eyes it almost hurt.]

That's why I'm really here. I mean- it is really cold and I really do wanna help you with the market stuff too, you've been sounding pretty busy with all the prep work.

But I really really want to be with you here on Night of the Lights. It's not like you've missed it or anything, but I guess you kinda have...? And even though I didn't know you hadn't had it yet when I came here, I wanna be with you on it this time, now that I've got the chance.

Edited 2023-12-09 03:29 (UTC)

[Oh. He should have expected that, really. He hadn't, but he should have. Gobo's always been someone to make sure his friends are always having a good time. Boober takes a sip of his tea, and when he puts the mug back down his smile is warm.]

That's kind of you, Gobo. [But of course, like Gobo said, he didn't really miss the holiday Gobo is referring to-- He was there, or will be, it's all just the way this place makes time and memory awful, complicated things.] And I'll like you being here for it, too, but... It's okay, really, about the other one. It's not like I'm the holiday guy or anything, and there have been plenty of Nights of the Light back home before.

[Gobo leaned on one hand, listening to Boober talk, his answer already locked and loaded almost before he finished talking.]

Yeah, but last year's was really special! Jamdolin was there, and World's Oldest took us all to see that- that weird super light in the sky, "wigglers in the goopy goop" and all that. And- and there were lots of special moments under that light, too...!

[He took a sip of his tea, savored it a moment.]

I know you're gonna see it, and you know you're gonna see it, you just haven't yet. But that doesn't mean that your Nights here can't be special too, right? No, um, no offense to anything Mando and Riz did for you last year, a'course.

[Boober takes another, longer, drink from his mug to cover that his smile fades. He knows Gobo doesn't mean anything rude! It just leaves him a bit prickly, hearing that on top of thinking about his time here eventually ending. That, itself, is something so complicated and muddled that he tries not to think about it at all, and frankly, he's not about to change that.

So after a moment, he asks:] What made those moments so special?

[...Okay, probably not the best way he could've worded that. Maybe he should've waited a little longer. Boober sighs.]

What I mean is, I'd like to hear more about it.

[He pauses, thinking maybe he's said the wrong thing again. Maybe he didn't see the actual fade of the smile, but something about the air between them seems to change. Sighing internally, he half-shrugs, again idly toying with the mug.]

Well- Well, Red and Mokey had this whole little heart to heart. It was super sweet...! Y'see, Red hadn't gotten her a gift, but Mokey had, so she was feeling bad about it the whole way, until they got to talking and came to see their best friendship as the gift.

Then me and Wembley, well... Well at the start, Wembley had wished to see the biggest light ever, which was what the whole expedition was about. I'd wished at the start too, but I kept it secret until the very end, when I revealed to him what it was: that his wish came true. [The memory of this got a warm smile out of him.] It was really sweet and nice! His whole reaction. A little... best friends hug there.

[He lingered there in whatever thought for a moment, then shook his head a bit and looked back up.]

And you had your root cake! Brought it with you for the whole trip. Even had a wish to, well. [Pause.] To make it through the night. Which of course that came true! And I mean, who.. doesn't wish that, right?

[Oh... Well then. Boober had asked to hear more to distract himself from worries about leaving his home here behind, and well-- In a sense, it worked. It's easy to think about the whole of Fraggle Rock - noisy and busy and crowded - and feel in no rush to be back. Hearing about those from the Rock he's closest to being, in a sense, at their best? That does stir up homesickness. It's hard to sort out his emotions right now, much less to know what to say. Even hearing about his root cake - which surely, everyone enjoyed - feels small compared to the rest.]

I miss them. I mean, of course I do, but Iii- I don't always realize how much.

[It's always been this way, though, since he got here: Whenever he talks about his fraggle friends, he remembers how much they really mean to him, and it feels strange they're not here.]

Well I mean... Yeah! I miss them too. I miss them a lot.

[He leaned up a little, looking at Boober almost imploringly, absolutely certain now that he'd hurt his feelings and had to fix it.]

But I have you right now, and you have me! It's not us and also Mokey and Wembley and Red, or any of the others, but it is us! We're each other's little pieces of home right now, and maybe it doesn't seem like a lot but it is!

So... So I'm gonna be there for Night of the Lights, and the market, and whatever else! I promise.

[Oh, that... Wait. Whatever homesickness he's feeling, he can't imagine how much more it is for Gobo. Gobo, who does fit in back home, and who thrives there. Who hasn't over a year to adjust, unlike Boober. And yet, it's Gobo who's trying so hard to soothe him... Boober rests both his hands on one of friend's.]

Gobo, it is a lot-- And it seems like it, too. I'm very glad you're here! But you don't have to promise me those things. I've been here, and besides, I'm not the--

[He sighs and draws his hands back, though he does so slowly.]

Last year, Riz and Mando gave me the best Night of the Lights they could. Well, I'm going to do that for you this year.

[Best Night of the Lights sounds nice, it really does! But there was something else there that drew his curiosity.]

You're not what, Boober? Because you're a lot of things! Whatever it is.

Gobo, it's fine. It wasn't a sad thing, actually... [With a scoff, Boober lightly baps Gobo's shoulder with his hand.] Although with me, that's never a risky guess.

I just think it's not such a bad place for me-- I mean, right now it feels harder to be here, but it always does when I think about our friends. And there are plenty of bad things about this place, of course!

But there's a lot about this place that, well, suits me. And a lot of things and people that make me happy.

[He shrugs.]

It's just how things are. And we should be sad together when we miss our friends, but the other times, you can worry about yourself, okay?

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