[Voice]

[rebornaninsect.livejournal.com]

[The video doesn't turn on. Instead, there are only muffled sounds- as if the communicator is hidden in a pocket, or something similar. The only noise that can be heard is that of sniffing, and an occasional choked sob. Someone is trying not to cry, and not doing a very good job of it.]

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voice

[feelsforthem.livejournal.com]

[Worried Lucca is go]

...hello? Who is this? Is something wrong?

voice

[rebornaninsect.livejournal.com]

[Unfortunately for Lucca, this probably won't make her any less worried. There's a startled gasp.]

Go away!

voice

[feelsforthem.livejournal.com]

...calm down. Calm down. I'm not going to hurt you-

[It certainly sounds like a kid's voice. So yeah, no less worried.]

Are you hurt? Or lost?

voice

[rebornaninsect.livejournal.com]

No!

[He's about ready to shout again and try to run away from the voice- though with the communicator in his pocket it wouldn't have worked too well- when he realizes the difference.]

...Why do you care?

[Whatever you prefer, dear!]

[proteusmoon.livejournal.com]

[ ]

Hello? I'm Cecil Harvey. What is your name?

[Action]

[rebornaninsect.livejournal.com]

[The boy shrinks back, curling in tighter on himself, and staring at Cecil. He rubs at his eyes, trying to hide the fact that there were tears in the first place.]

Why do you care?

[Action]

[proteusmoon.livejournal.com]

[ ]

Why should I not care? I mean you no harm, I promise.

[Action]

[rebornaninsect.livejournal.com]

No one else did.

[The boy doesn't uncurl or get any closer to Cecil, but he doesn't pull away further, either.

[video]

[foofyorangehair.livejournal.com]

...

Are you ok, over there?

[Where are all these kids...who was taking all these kids!?]

[video]

[rebornaninsect.livejournal.com]

[There's a couple of moments before a young boy appears on the screen, and when he does, he's rubbing at his eyes, which are red from crying.]

... I'm fine.

[rebornaninsect.livejournal.com]

No...

[Though he may sound like he's still trying to hide tears.]

[rebornaninsect.livejournal.com]

No, they won't. How can you say that they will?

Voice

[skyboundknight.livejournal.com]

[This is not what he needs to hear on turning on the communicator.]

Pathetic.

Voice

[rebornaninsect.livejournal.com]

[And this is not what he needs to hear when he still doesn't realize that he has one. The moment Kain speaks, the sounds of crying stop, to be replaced by a voice both angry and terrified.]

I'm not! Leave me alone!!

Voice

[skyboundknight.livejournal.com]

Yes you are, if all you're going to do is snivel into the communicator.

[There's an extra hint of cruelty to Kain's tone.]

Voice

[rebornaninsect.livejournal.com]

I'm not sniveling! Shut up!

[He hears the cruelty, and it leaves him terrified. Hearing Zemus's voice in the first place, and abandoning his baby brother, was what had left him crying in the first place- to be mocked for it is even worse.]

voice

[lightguiding.livejournal.com]

...Hello? Is everything okay?

voice

[rebornaninsect.livejournal.com]

[There's a startled gasp.]

I'm fine.

voice

[lightguiding.livejournal.com]

[A little boy's voice? Why are there suddenly so many children on the network? She keeps her voice gentle.]

Are you sure? You sounded like you were crying.

voice

[rebornaninsect.livejournal.com]

I wasn't.

Why do you care?

voice

[prayingrose.livejournal.com]

[Oh no! That sounds like someone very distressed! Rosa grabs her phone to check on them right away when she finds this.]

Hello? Are you hurt?

voice

[rebornaninsect.livejournal.com]

...No. [Bitty is rubbing the tears from his eyes now, and trying to hide the fact that he was ever crying.]

voice

[prayingrose.livejournal.com]

[Even worse, it's a child? She's got her own worries, but regardless, Rosa's going to go gentle with this one.]

What's wrong? It's alright, you can tell me. I'll help.