[video - for the good of all of us (except the ones who are dead).]

[purpleknee]

Oh Abeegail, what am I to do? I need to help five people and fill them with hope so I can get something that makes me feel like I have a heart again! Because I don't have a heart inside my body, which apparently means far more to me than it does for most of the people in this stupid cave. Hmn? What's that Beeatrice, this trade is basically impossible for me without the thing I'm trading for? Right you are! How smart, and how quickly you realized it, you smart little bee.

[His faux enthusiasm drops and he glares flatly at the camera.]

Come help a witch help you to help himself help us all. I have healing magic and a temper. If you think this is cheating, I don't want to hear it, and I only want things that will actually help. I'm serious, I'm trying to be good, here.

...Oh, and it goes against everything else I'm trying to do here, but I should let you know that the bees I found can't make honey. Maybe if you tell Delight or someone they can, she'll believe you and the copies will be able to, I don't know. I don't really care.

[He's screwed.]

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[muscovy]

Can you teach your healing magic?

[Most people can't, he's found. But if he could, and would... Everyone here can do so much more than him. He'd like to be more capable in that regard.]

[purpleknee]

[urgh, really not doing so well on this hope front...]

No, sorry. You need to have the potential for it to begin with. You can't just make someone a mender.

[muscovy]

I can heal a bit.

But it only does minor things.

[He will get there somehow, eventually? Hopefully?]

[private video]

[infinite1up]

If you really wanted to do good, Warrick, you'd return something that doesn't belong to you.

[private video]

[purpleknee]

[HE HAS NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT -- no okay, uh. Shit. Uhhhh.]

...A fair point. Getting killed doesn't help anyone, though.

[listen he doesn't want to die, also vocaloids.]

[infinite1up]

[So pleasantly that if the words weren't these specific words he might sound like a reasonable man:]

I'm sure that it would make me feel so much more hopeful for my chances with the rest of the city. And isn't that what you're after, really?

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[oversear]

You do not have a heart? How do you still live?

[ Someone's a little too literal for this conversation. ]

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[purpleknee]

I said I'm a healer. My magic keeps me stable.

[Luckily (?) it is...literal...]

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[oversear]

[ The rude answer amuses him more than anything. ]

Forgive my ignorance. My 'world' does not have such fantasies as magic. I am sorry you have lost such an important thing as a heart.

[hasitsthorns]

Somehow, there's irony in a guy that can heal being so bent on destroying things...

[ But she's not actually here to bitch at him. At least not yet. ]

You could help me in the orchard? It'd give me hope you're not a complete jerk, anyway.

[purpleknee]

[She'll just get a glare for that. He doesn't need to explain himself past "to I got no heart", as far as he's concerned.]

Fate and fairies, you and your orchard... Fine. Just what kind of help will I be doing?

[hasitsthorns]

Hm, well, I mean there's a lot of upkeep. Watering, trimming, picking the fruit...

I do my part by singing to the plants. How's your voice?

[ Nothing like a duet to help plants grow, right?

Don't worry, she's only half-joking. She does actually sing to the plants but he doesn't have to. ]

voice.

[edibles]

How do you not have a heart inside you?

voice.

[purpleknee]

I'm a witch, what is it that people aren't understanding about magic, here?

[Sorry about that exasperation... Heartless, and all...]

I used a spell to send it out and then I healed the hole.

[edibles]

It's my first time having to understand magic.

Why did you get rid of it if you want it back?

[video]

[wormintheglass]

I have spoken to Hope, regarding the bees. If I can inspire hope in five people, they can be altered so as to thrive in this cave.

Personally, I feel a great deal more hopeful knowing of another healer in this place. And knowing that others are invested in the bees' welfare. Don't you think that proves you have all the heart you need, darling?

[video]

[purpleknee]

[grumble mumble grumble he doesn't need people competing with him to inspire others!!!]

You really don't know me at all. Or what this is like.

[video]

[wormintheglass]

Then show me. I have two hearts. Perhaps I can help you bridge the gap?

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[skelebro]

So you're sayin' you have to get people to bee-lieve in them?

[The pun was there. How can you expect him to resist that?]

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[purpleknee]

No, nuh-uh. You don't get to make jokes at me until I get some kind of thank you.

[CASUALLY HOLDS A GRUDGE FOR STUPID REASONS]

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[skelebro]

Sorry, bud. I'm not a guy who's real great with healin' magic.

Why d'ya need a heart, anyway? Seem to be workin' pretty good without it.

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[purpleknee]

[Warrick grits his teeth.]

Are you kidding? Do you know how many times I've had to stop myself from burning this whole place down? A lot!

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[skelebro]

And we're all very proud of ya.

[Said without missin' a beat, with his typical indolent drawl.]

And a heart would help with the, uh, homicidal impulses?

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[promises_to_keep]

[He was only half listening--he tended to just sort of skim the network for information and bypassed most of the posts anyway. But not today. One thing and one thing alone stuck out to Lea through this whole video.]

You... don't have a heart?

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[purpleknee]

[Unfortunately, the topic isn't as fresh to Warrick as it is to Lea.]

You're all very hung up on that part, aren't you? Yes, yes. Magic! More than physical function! Anything else?