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Cyan woke up to his cousin curled up against him, they must’ve had another nightmare. He nudged them, they made a sad noise and sat up, stretching.
“Was it another nightmare?”
“Yeah…”
“Cube, you’re a grown shape.”
“I’m a defenseless pure shape! You’re a treespawn, okay?!”
“Defenseless but strangely defensive.”
“Why are you so mean to me??!!”
“I’m not, it’s just unhealthy that a grown shape is so timid.”
“Mmrmm…”
Cyan stood up and took Cube by their hand, pulling them out of bed.
“Come on, let’s go see what Flax and Heli made for breakfast.”
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They were at the pond, Cider and Shamrock were splashing in the water, Flax, Cube, and Heli were gossiping about whatever and Captain was taking a nap in the shade.
Cyan felt his shoulders tense, he loved his family, but it felt incomplete, it always did, he never understood why, and he hated those thoughts.
Cyan watched as four pink figures approached in the distance, it was their next door neighbors, Barracuda, La Danse Macabre, Lycanthropy, and of course, Blixer, who hated Cyan for a reason that was foreign to him.
Cyan approached them.
“Hello, neighbors! What brings you to the pond?”
“Hi Cyan!” Lycan answered with enthusiasm.
“Greetings…” Cuda replied with an opposing tone to Lycan.
“YOU.” Blixer replied harshly.
“My FLOCK is going to have a FUN time together HERE.”
“That’s cool!” Cyan smiled.
Blixer groaned as Cube scurried over to Cyan.
“Cyan- you can’t let them roam around free! Blixer tried to take over Paradise! He- He killed you! He corrupted me! That’s literally why I have nightmares I-“
“Cube, it’s been a whole year, I promise you they’re safe, right, Blixer?”
Blixer frowned.
“I do not long to rule Paradise anymore, but my hate for you is everlasting, Cyan.”
“See…?” Cyan said.
“SEE?! He just said he hates you!”
“Well, I did sort of kill him, it makes sense!”
“He sort of killed you!”
So the two bickered as Blixer stood confused on why Cyan was even defending him, but eventually moved on as the two families played(and tourmented) with each other.