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[tucky]

I been thinking. I thought it was cool how the Enclosure got programmed the way it did for Bucky's party, so I was wondering if I could do that, too-- not for a party, but for a fireworks show. I don't know if any of the people here have ever been to one, but where I come from, they're real popular in the summer. You go to a big empty field at night, sit on blankets, and just... watch. Maybe bring out a keg of beer or something, I don't know. You think the Enclosure could do that?

I wanted to do it on my birthday, if things are all calmed down. Sometimes these shows can get crazy and loud with people dancing and partying, but I know I ain't in a raucous mood, and I bet I'm not the only one. So maybe a quiet one would be good right now. Something relaxing.

It'd be nice, I think.

[filtered to Dillon, Iris, Letty, Mason, Morgana, and Simon]

Merlin's better. He-- it's real complicated, but he didn't mean that stuff he said. I know that nothing was making him say it, but he had those parasites in him that had him thinking it was the best thing to do, and... he regrets it. He changed his mind.

[She sounds relieved, if just a tiny bit wary. She wasn't affected by the Sha herself, and she still isn't 100% clear on what exactly it was or how it worked-- so while she's ever-trusting and wants to give her warden the benefit of the doubt, it's going to take her a week or so of him being normal for her to fully believe that he really is staying, and he really does want her as his inmate.]

I ain't mad at him. Y'all don't have to be either.

[Mason and Simon, she's looking at you.]

[filtered to Crowley]

Hi.

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[tucky]

[Yeahhhhh she was afraid of this.]

Simon, I love him.

[irishrotter]

No matter how he feels about you?

[tucky]

Do you think he's lying?

[irishrotter]

I do. Maybe even to himself, but -- I do.

[tucky]

But why? It ain't just talk; he acts like he really cares about me, too.

[irishrotter]

Acts.

[tucky]

... No, that ain't what I meant.

Simon, I really think it's real.

[irishrotter]

Then ask him. The next time you're alone with him -- ask him if he thinks you're equals. Watch his face.

[tucky]

Watch it for what?

[irishrotter]

The truth.

[tucky]

Do you want me to trust no one but you, or something?

[irishrotter]

Of course not. I want you to trust people that deserve it. I want you to be able to ask yourself who those people really are.

[tucky]

But what if I do that and I trust Merlin? What if I look at his face and I think he's telling me the truth?

[irishrotter]

Try it. Ask him if he thinks you're the same.

[tucky]

What if he says he does and he looks like he means it?

[irishrotter]

Try it.

[tucky]

Simon, that's not a real answer.

[irishrotter]

[He sighs, rubbing his eyes.]

I already told you what I think, Tiffany. I don't have any other answers for you. I want to trust that you'll make the right choices. If you don't believe me, believe in yourself to do that.

[tucky]

I believe you.

[It comes out automatically, but it's not untrue.]