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[ursawhiner]

Hey, you've reached Dipper Pines! I can't talk right now, but leave any questions and information after the beep and I'll get back to you. Hopefully.

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[amadaman]

[Wait, what?

Ken's finally starting to calm down from the fact that Dipper is clearly confused and-- what?]

You... on the network. Just now! You smashed a bunch of glass and started jumping on it--

[ursawhiner]

That... never happened. I think? I mean, that wasn't me.

[Just going to gently pat Ken's shoulders comfortingly.]

[amadaman]

That...

[The patting works. It helps! Ken stares, looks down at Dipper's feet, and then at his face again.]

It... wasn't?

[ursawhiner]

Why would I jump on glass? That's pretty crazy.

[The patting is now a comforting hug.]

[amadaman]

[Oh no, it's a hug. Ken stumbles into it, just tall enough now that his chin doesn't hit Dipper's shoulder and he just--

he thinks about Minato's funeral and Junpei bleeding and Chidori dying and Shinjiro dying and Kaneda after Tetsuo hurt him and about his mom dying and he can still hear the crunch crunch of glass under that Dipper's feet and he remembers Kasumi and Glitch nearly dying in his house in Nonah and the time he thought he lost Minato because the guy got kidnapped

and here is Dipper. He's here and he's okay and his music is weird and he's okay. He's okay.

sorry, Dipper, Ken's grabbing the back of your shirt now and burying his face in your shoulder and nodding. Your shirt's gonna get wet]

[ursawhiner]

[That's... unexpected. Dipper doesn't really know what to do with so many feelings, so he just... hugs Ken harder, hoping it'll pass quickly.]

I'm okay. Really.

[amadaman]

I'm so glad. It was really-- I thought it was you.

[Ken's still a year younger than Dipper, in the end, and while a lot more mature in some ways he's also way more fragile. He's only known loss for a long time, so having something still be there... He holds Dipper tighter too.]

I was scared.

[ursawhiner]

I'm not that crazy, promise.

[There's something that's niggling at Dipper, and he pulls back a little to look Ken in the eye.]

What exactly did you see?

[amadaman]

[Ken is a sad dog who lets Dipper pull back but he's still clutching his shirt.]

He smashed up a bunch of glass and started stepping all over it. And I yelled at him to stop, and when I asked him what got into him he asked if I wanted to know. He... looked just like you.

[ursawhiner]

[All the color drains from Dipper's face and his grip on Ken turns vice-like.]

Ken. That wasn't me. That... was a demon. From back home. You have to stay away from him!

[amadaman]

[Ken stares at him blankly for a second because ah, what did he say?]

... A demon?

[Didn't he just give said demon his word before coming here? He was kind of panicking.]

[ursawhiner]

His name's Bill Cipher and he's like a chaos demon. He wants to destroy the world.

[Wait, Ken fights demons all the time.]

Ken. I know you have your weird head monster thing, but Bill is dangerous. Don't go near him.

[amadaman]

Persona.

[But that's all Ken says. Because he's starting to frown, and the sad dog look is turning into more of that look Capsule has when he gets caught chewing on Dipper's hat.]

[ursawhiner]

What...?

[Slow dawning realisation shows on Dipper's face.]

You talked to him already. And...

[amadaman]

...

I was really desperate to get him to stop.

[ursawhiner]

What did you do?

[amadaman]

I told you he asked if I wanted to know, right? And he said if I did, I had to do something in return. So...

[ursawhiner]

Please say you didn't make a deal with him.

[amadaman]

Well, it didn't get as far as selling my soul or anything...

[ursawhiner]

But you still agreed to something!

[amadaman]

He wants my help if he ever needs it.

[ursawhiner]

Just don't go near him. He can't make you do anything if you don't talk to him.

[Even as Dipper says it, he knows this won't work.]

[amadaman]

I'll take the responsibility for my actions later. I'm just... I'm so glad you're okay.

[ursawhiner]

You were pretty worried, huh?

[amadaman]

Of course I was! [Now Ken pulls back a bit more, enough so hat he can give Dipper a very, very stern glare.]

Glass hurts, and foot injuries take forever to heal and I thought you were getting hurt!

I don't want someone I care about to get hurt like that ever again!