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Techno opened the door to the kids room again and silently wondered if these kids knew how the beds worked. The brown haired kid was missing his goggles however he was also slumped against the doorframe. The black and white haired kid was sleeping in a chair adjacent to the brown haired kid, he had long limbs tangled around himself and trying to hide himself overall. The one other thing that Techno had noticed right away was that Tommy was asleep but the potion he had left the night before had been drank, and he was sitting in a kitchen chair and he looked stiff and uncomfortable but Techno knew that by moving him he would wake and freak out right away.
Techno squeezed the sides of his temples and looked back across the room and tried to understand these kids, he tried to read why they slept the way they did. He came to a few conclusions.
The brown haired kid slept with his head slightly forward his horns showing through his hair, his coat was used as a blanket because he knew it well, and maybe due to how normal it was for him to cover with it in a cold shed with no heat
The black and white haired kid slept uncomfortably with his limbs all tangled up trying to huddles body warmth or even just to hide the feelings of the cold stone or hay they slept in.t
Tommy was they only kid who slept the way he did, changing how he slept to be watching the front door and everything not to mention he was sleeping in a way that if Techno came any closer he certainly would notice the shift in activity.
Techno took a moment to read the room fully to stand back like he was a hunter watching animals in their natural habitats but that didn't change that this wasn't where they were supposed to be, he was taking these kids and putting them somewhere they would never understand and putting them on the field would be dangerous.
The brown hair boy woke and peered at Techno, he looked scared like a hurt creature who didn't want to hurt anyone or get hurt, maybe that was the honest truth he didn't want to hurt anyone or be hurt. Techno didn't smile but he did allow the kid to know that he wasn't going to try to hurt him but to get close enough to reassure him.
'Don't get close' was all Tubbo could think about but he felt the mans larger hand touch his shoulder gently it made the shaking calm down a little, and even drop his shoulders some trying to understand why this man was being so nice to him right now it made no sense to him.
"I was only in here to check on you kids, its alright ill leave, ill leave the key here to" Techno dropped the heavy brass key into his hands and left quietly
If Techno had learned anything from Tommy the night before it was that these kids aren't stupid but they were afraid of a lot of things, right now that was being left alone and hurt, not to mention he had heard the black and white haired boy talking about how they didn't want to fight that he was also afraid. Gods these kids didn't want to fight but as of right now the King wanted these kids on the front lines right away, King Dream wanted them on the front lines but if he could just break Philza out of prison he could totally save these kids.
He wanted to save all of these kids, he had to save each of these kids or else Dream would let them die he wouldn't care if these kids died or not. Maybe that's why he did, he wanted to comfort these kids after all.