Nimona ☆ White Tiger

[hanaban]

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[hanaban]

[ nods ]

[sharkgirl]

Yeah. I was that, before I got here.

[hanaban]

You...?

[ he looks up, surprised, because the Nimona he knows has such strong feelings, and that's one of the most powerful Reasons there is ]

[sharkgirl]

[she rubs at the back of her neck.]

I got tired. I kinda am, still. [...] But then I showed up here and everybody kind of just, like, didn't care about the things that made me tired. So. Maybe I have reasons again.

[hanaban]

Coming here is like starting over, sort of.

[ nobody knows your secrets. nobody knows your sins... ]

Even somebody like me can become a hero.

[sharkgirl]

Yeah, it is kind of like starting over.

[she glances at him, finally.]

You don't have to be a hero. It's got a lot of stuff attached to it that you probably don't want. But you can be free to be whoever you want.

[hanaban]

[ ...

yeah, there's no way he can be a hero, even if he tried. he has tried. ]

...thanks, but I'll always be bound, one way or another. But Nimona, you're alive! I really want to keep it that way.

[sharkgirl]

[i'm gonna squish his cheeks that's the response i had to reading this tag]

You're not going to explain it to me and that's fine, I don't expect you to. I don't even really think you'll believe me because you're the stubbornest little dude I've ever met in my life, but I don't believe for a second that you're bound in a way that I can't help you with.

[a pause.]

I'm alive. For right now, that's what I want, too.

[hanaban]

[ his squishy mochi cheeks... ]

And you're the stubbornest little Nimona I've ever met. If you really want to help me, then do your best to stay alive, at all costs.

[ stay safe, stay alive, don't leave him alone, that's how you can help him ]

[sharkgirl]

[she ruffles his hair.]

... Yeah. Okay. I can do that. [she's a little less feral, after all this.] I'll stick with you.

[hanaban]

[ flashforward to Sunday and Hanako's sitting there like "this is a mistake Nimona shouLD BE MORE FERAL ]