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[prontissimo]

yeah probably.

i dont hate my dad tho
and i dont want to

i think thats more of a victory, sorta

if i hate him and let myself think hes horrible and all that...
then im still stuck on the islnad inside.
still thinking about him when he's probably not thinking about me as much
even if im not missing him. hating him would still just be wasting more time.

i wanna be better than him.
i wanna be free
i wanna win

[corruptedsave]

Then just do that, be better than him at everything.

[prontissimo]

i will be!!!!
and i mean at EVERYTHING

including a better dad!! even to sofia!

[ Aha! Full circle to how any of this came to light in the first place, months ago now. ]

[corruptedsave]

You can't be a dad to sofia, she's an animal.

[That's something Chara will never budge on.]

[prontissimo]

yes i AM! im her adopted dad!!

[ He attaches a photo on the fly of himself clutching Sofia to his chest, swaddled in blankets together in bed, cheek-to-cheek with a theatrical pitiful pout on his face. Sofia, on the other hand... looks like she finds this a lot less funny, and like Alberto may or may not get bitten after taking this spontaneously loving selfie. ]

🥺 🦖💗 mia bambina!

[corruptedsave]

So... How many times did she bite you after you took the picture?

[Chara's not dumb, they have a hunch though that Alberto will lie to them about being bitten.]

[prontissimo]

she missed 😑

[ An unusually honest and open conversation yields an unusually honest and open answer, quite by surprise. But... yeah, Sofia definitely at least tried to bite him. ]

[corruptedsave]

Uh huh, somehow I don't believe it.

[They're pressing X to Doubt here, sorry Alberto.]

[prontissimo]

im getting good at blocking 🙃😬🙅🏽‍♂️

[corruptedsave]

Blocking still doesn't mean you don't get bitten.

[prontissimo]

means i get bitten LESS than before 😏

anwyay she tries to bite me LESS than before too
so thats progress

[corruptedsave]

I guess it does.

Congrats.

[prontissimo]

thank you

[ He needed the win, Chara. Just a tiny shred of satisfaction. ]

[corruptedsave]

Nothing to thank me for, thank your lizard for starting to tolerate you.

[Enjoy that tiny shred, it might not last long.]

1/2

[prontissimo]

she LIKES me she doesnt just tolerate me!! we're friends now!! Look! i'll prove it!

[ "Look! I'll prove it!" ...Famous last words. ]

video;

[prontissimo]

[ He switches to a video call suddenly, where there is no undo, just real-time recordings sent automatically, and is swiftly punished for being overconfident... as he so often is.

He's pulled Sofia close again, though this time he's smiling at the camera, a wide smug grin, before he leans in to give her a kiss on her cheek; but she's just looking around the room awkwardly, obviously uncomfortable with his arm pressed around her, so when he tries to guide her face to look at the camera... like Chara jinxed him or something, she bites his hand. Hard. ]

Ack! OW!

[ Yeah, that... looked like it hurt. There was an audible "chomp" and everything. ]

[corruptedsave]

[Famous last words indeed, Chara can't help but wince at that audible chomp but they also can't help but laugh a little too. And boy it's a good thing they're sticking with text on their end, even after Alberto switched to video.

They're pretty sure Alberto would not take well to them laughing at his pain.]

Barely tolerate you, it seems.

[prontissimo]

[ You bet he's switching back to text after that, how embarrassing... ]

she's just CRANKY!!!

[corruptedsave]

So what, she's always cranky?

[prontissimo]

NOT ALWAYS
she's just mad she's stuck inside!!!
she cuddles at bedtime
its not bedtime ok???!

[corruptedsave]

Uh-huh.

And she probably cuddles to get warm because she's cold-blooded.

[prontissimo]

still counts.

[corruptedsave]

Not really, because she's doing it out of self-preservation, not love.

[prontissimo]

maybe its both?

[corruptedsave]

I doubt it.