“–Do you remember what she was like?” The query was loaded in ways its source could not rightfully understand yet. His presence was as odd as their surroundings, gulfed by a swathe of mountain devoured by the churning depths of the planet. KINDNESS turned his gaze away from the brewing depths of earth, and back to the source of his true focus. His smile grew in spite of his curious disposition, gathering warmth where it did not exist. Not really. “Your other parent, I mean.”

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Tonight threw the unexpected to him one after the other, it seemed: first stumbling upon his friend standing on the precipice of his old haunt, then a question WINGS was sure neither of them thought keenly of answering. Old memories hurt, after all. Weightless, he leaned his arm across the protective metal barrier. 

“—☟✌☼👎☹✡ ✌☠✡❄☟✋☠☝.”
                HARDLY ANYTHING…

“✋❄ 🕈✌💧 💧⚐ ☹⚐☠☝ ✌☝⚐📪 ✌☠👎 ✋ 🕈✌💧 💧⚐ ✡⚐🕆☠☝📪
     ✌☠👎 ☠⚐🕈 ✋ ✌💣 ⚐☹👎📬📬📬”
                 IT WAS SO LONG AGO, AND I WAS SO YOUNG, AND NOW I AM OLD…

His voice was quiet under the noise of swirling, sweltering heat. 

“☠⚐☠☜❄☟☜☹☜💧💧
           ☜✞☜☼✡❄☟✋☠☝ ✋ 👌☜☹✋☜✞☜ ✋☠ 👍✌💣☜ ☞☼⚐💣 ☟☜☼📬”

                        —NONETHELESS, EVERYTHING I BELIEVE IN… CAME FROM HER.