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Dream paced anxiously outside of Sci’s lab. Ink was sitting against the wall, looking up at him. Ink was waiting with him for… something. Ink’s motivations, however, were to get his face attached properly again after a fight.
“Dream, hun, he’ll be fine. We’ve both been shattered hundreds of times. All of us have.”
Dream threw his hands in the air, exasperated. “Ink, he’s so young! His pieces were everywhere! What if I missed one? And he shattered because of me!”
“Do you wanna go back and look?”
“That’s a great idea!” Dream started to run back to the sight of the last Lunarian attack. Before he could, however, Ink got up and caught the collar of his shirt.
“I was joking! He’ll be okay- Nightmare and Error are looking for any pieces you didn’t find! He’ll be okay, Dream, just chill.”
“He got shattered, Ink!”
“So? I did too, I’m not complaining.”
Dream raised his voice. He panicked, “You can still talk! And see! He got completely shattered! The Lunarians broke him and it’s my fault!”
“Dream. Also, I can’t see all that well- my eyes are gone!”
“And now Sci has to do more work and Cross is unconscious! This is the most broken he’s been! He’s only been alive for like ten years!”
“Dream, what the hell. He’ll be okay- it’s not like his structure is all horrid and bad.”
“But he got shattered!”
“We all get shattered! The newest one- the one who hasn’t chosen his name yet- The green one? Three and a half? Sensei said he’d be a big target?”
“You mean Phosphophyllite?”
“Yes, him! He got shattered from bumping into Sci! He’s fine! So Cross is going to be too!”
“But… but! He also has strong inclusions!”
“Cross does too.”
“But!”
“Sensei said he’d be okay, Dream. Don’t worry about him.”
After a while, Ink sunk against the wall again. The dream continued pacing. Dream felt a hand land on his shoulder. Instinctively, he caught the person’s wrist and tugged them over his head. Seeing who it was, he released them.
His coat flowed as he landed gracefully and leaped to nab the brush and jar he had let go of. Just barely before the two items hit the floor. He sighed, spun around, and glared at Dream, who was now shaking a little.
“Are you trying to make my job harder?”
“S…sorry, Sci…”
“Anyway Dream, Cross is awake. But…”
“He is?!” Dream shouted and ran to his just put-together partner.
Sci called after him, all too late, “He’s missing an eye!”
Cross sat up as he saw Dream run at him. He flinched back a bit as he was scooped up into a hug.
“You’re okay!”
Cross, obviously, was confused. “Of… of course I am?”
“I know, but… I’m so happy you’re not gone. The Lunarians just… they didn’t deserve you anyway.”