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⭐ Who: Keiwa and whoever runs into him
⭐ When: Throughout February!
⭐ Where: Around Camellia, the DU and Koubai General Hospital in the waking world, various(?) locations in the Dreamsphere
⭐ What: Working at the Kissaten, passing out chocolates, donating blood, being ignored by the Nightmare because he's a chump and entirely too trusting/honest with people. 8(
⭐ Warnings: ???

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I wouldn’t need to worry about running into things - I’d just fly out of the way.

[Said like that’s an obvious solution.]

I guess you’d have to brush a tail lots…but it’d be really fun to play with!

[Completely unashamedly.]

…Also aren’t they supposed to be for balance? You’d never have to worry about falling over.

[Definitely how that works.]

... You too, huh? [confirmed; his tail would not be safe around children. Speaking of children...]

[Keiwa can't help but laugh at how confident and unashamed Cooro is with his Perfectly Logical statements]

Maybe...! [he ruffles Cooro's hair before smoothing it back down (only to have it pop back up, probably)] You would still have to be careful to not bump into the ceiling if you were flying indoors.

[Yep, that hair just pops back up despite Keiwa’s best attempts. It’s just perpetually unkempt.]

I could manage it. [Said with utmost confidence.] I’d just need to practice in the Dream Sphere, that’s all.

[Where he’s currently flightless…but he can work on that.]

Hey, how did you learn to do your new magic in there? I want to learn to fly, and Hanako told me to jump off a building, but it didn’t work…

Hm? The same as anyone else, I think? It just sort of happened-...

[he trails off when he hears about Hanako telling Crow to jump off a building. Sure they were in the Dream Sphere and Keiwa understood that at, at the very least, fall damage was just a concept there but...]

I know it's just a dream, but you never know what might happen. So you should try and be little more careful in the Dream Sphere.

... Even if Hanako-kun is an experienced Dreamer. [and probably not much older than Cooro himself]

[Cooro seems a bit thrown off by Keiwa's gentle scolding - not that the scolding part really bothers him at all, but its the contents of what he's saying that don't quite make sense for him.]

But it's fine, right...? Nobody got hurt.

[It's not like he could've hurt other people in the process, which is what Cooro's most concerned about.]

Hanako probably knows what he's talking about, too...even if it didn't work out this time.

[He is an Experienced Dreamer after all!! How could he lead him astray?]

[Keiwa crouches down so he's not looking down at Cooro as he says this]

Hanako-kun can be a little reckless sometimes, though he usually means well. Falling in the Dream Sphere isn't the same as falling when we're awake but some places in the Dream Sphere are dangerous enough without us being careless.

[actually, if it's Hanako, they were probably(?) somewhere safe? Keiwa stops to think about it before looking back at Cooro and asking;]

Where were you guys anyway?

Remember that snowball fight we had? It was during that [When responsible adults really should’ve been watching…] and we went to the top of the Koubu-ya!

...

[and, all at once, it becomes crystal clear why Hanako might have made the suggestion he did. More than the fact that the top of the Koubu-ya isn't all that far for a Dreamer, it's the fact that they were in the Slumbering City with Savers nearby.

Keiwa can't help but laugh]

Well... I guess if you two were going to test it out, then the best place would be in the Slumbering City...

[he sighs, relieved]

You probably don't need to hear me say this, but... Even if we can't be 'hurt' in the Dream Sphere, we should still try to be careful when we can. Right?

[He actually gives a nod at this.]

Right! That’s why I was careful - I made sure there was nobody down below that I could fall on!

[What is personal safety?]

[he hangs his head with a laugh before looking up at Cooro again]

'Careful' includes you too, you know...

I’ll be fine! You don’t need to worry about me!

...

It's only natural to worry about your friends though.

[They’re friends…well of course they are! There’s no doubt about that in Crow’s mind.

Now, he doesn’t really do a lot of the worrying thing, but maybe Keiwa is like Cinnabar and he can’t help doing that. And that’s okay. Cooro concedes with a nod.]

…Alright, but don’t worry too much, okay~?

[After all, he’s not going to behave any differently because of it.]

[it does nothing to help him assuage his concern but... Keiwa gets the impression that what he says won't make much of a dent in Cooro's mindset. He gives the young boy a smile, slightly worn looking at the edges]

Enjoy your chocolate, Cooro-kun. I'll see you next time.

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