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Someone wasn’t happy. And if she wasn’t happy then she wasn’t happy then everyone wasn’t happy therefore she needed to make her happy! She said so herself: “I just want to make you happy!”
The Overwhelming Heart slowly moved her eyes downwards, then to the side, as if testing if Pliant was going to leave. But she couldn’t because she wasn’t happy and she needed to make her happy!
“I am very well aware,” she replied coldly before looking away with a deeper scowl of disgust.
Oh no. Did she just make her unhappy? She wasn’t supposed to do that!
“I’m sorry! I just want to make you happy!”
The Overwhelming Heart stared straight ahead.
Okay! She could wait if that’s what made her happy!
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“I suppose I have been feeling… Dissatisfaction,” Overwhelming finally said. “But no one, especially the other vessels, would provide sufficient interest.”
“I just want to make you happy!”
“I know,” she said slowly. “But I doubt you would be able to provide for my bare necessities. Not that I really need them, of course.”
“I can do it if it’ll make you happy!” Because of course she will! What else would she do? She wanted to make everyone happy and that included The Overwhelming Heart. What could these ‘bare necessities’ be? How can Pliant provide for them? She better find out as soon as possible so that everyone could be happy again!
Overwhelming narrowed her eyes. “Would you?”
“If it’ll make you happy!”
Overwhelming was silent for a moment. “The cabin was where I discovered myself. The way I knew I was the one in charge. The power that surged through in me. The story unfolded exactly the way I wanted it to. But here…”
Overwhelming frowned again. In the distance, The Divine Heart flipped her hair gracefully. She was happy, so Pliant didn’t have to go to her right now.
“Forget about what you heard,” Overwhelming ordered. “That will make me happy.”
“Okay! If you say so!”
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Oh no! The Overwhelming Heart wasn’t happy! What should she do? No one else was around. Was she lonely? Well, Pliant could just stand here with her unless she says otherwise!
“You aren’t going to give up, are you? At least that makes you better than him. As you should be. Very well,” Overwhelming said while clenching her fists. “If you truly wish to know my innermost desires, then start with knowing your place. That is the least you can do.”
“Okay, if that’ll make you happy!”
All right, where was she right now? In a field in the multitudes of The Shifting Mound, standing next to The Overwhelming Heart. In the… Universe? Multiverse? Yes! One of them! Okay, she knew her place now, now what?
The Overwhelming Heart rolled her eyes.
“You are a blind follower, are you not? Mindless, too. True devotion is your cause… You haven’t found a sufficient outlet, have you?”
“Um…” Was she supposed to be that way? Blind follower… If it makes them happy. Mindless… She just wants to make them happy. True devotion… Yes, she wants to make them happy… Sufficient outlet…
Is this a test? Yes, this was all a test to make The Overwhelming Heart happy and she gladly accepts!
“So?” Overwhelming said pointedly.
“I just want to make you happy!” Pliant declared enthusiastically.
Overwhelming scoffed and turned away. “Useless…” she muttered.
Oh no.
She wasn’t supposed to be useless. She just…
“I’m sorry!” she cried. “I just want to make you happy!”
“I don’t see you doing so,” Overwhelming coldly said. “Leave me be, or revel in my majesty in silence.”
“Okay! I can revel in your majesty if that makes you happy!” It was better to be with someone than alone, after all.
Overwhelming once again looked at her. She lightly scrunched her eyebrows. Pliant continued reveling in her majesty.
A light sparked in her eyes. Realization.
“Perhaps what you really need is a direct command. I will gladly provide. Start worshiping me,” she said.
“I can worship you right now if that’ll make you happy!” She started worshiping.
The Overwhelming Heart tilted her head as Pliant worshiped.
“Hm.”
Was something wrong? Was she not worshiping right? She tried to think of something else that was worshiping that wasn’t standing and looking at The Overwhelming thinking worshiping thoughts, but um… She didn’t know! Why didn’t she know? She should know because it would make her happy and if she’s not happy then no one’s happy!
Something poked inside. I just want to make you happy, she told it. I just want to make you happy! I’m doing this to make you happy, so please be happy. I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you
“I can feel your desperation for my approval,” Overwhelming said. “Your capacity for fear… Is much greater than I had assumed.”
Was that a good thing?
“Go on, and perhaps one day you will reach the first step of my standards.”
And then she smiled. And she was beautiful. She was always very pretty and Pliant was very happy because she was happy too.
“If that’ll make you happy!” she confirmed. This was all she wanted. Then she wondered, who else isn’t happy, and how can she find them to make them happy as soon as possible?