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I know... I don't always want to rely on it, but I guess I really need it more than I realised.

[She doesn't want to use it as a crutch- she got by back home without it. But this place... well, this place knows not only how to press all her buttons, but can also create whole new buttons to press repeatedly. She doesn't like it at all.

She manages a fleeting smile.]

I know that, too. I'm real grateful that you're here. It means more than anything that you're here. Don't reckon I could deal with this place without you here.

If you ever get scared of how much you use it... let me know. I can deal with it.

[he's pretty insistent he deals with everything, it seems like. that said, he knows what he'd do with it. just put it in a lockbox and hide the key.]

Oh, believe me, I understand. I thought I'd lose it if it was just me and Woody. [he says that in jest, obviously.] And seeing Bo for more than five minutes? That's only a good thing.

Thanks, Buzz. I'll do that, promise.

[Buzz, honey, stop taking on everything. It's too much. Buzz please.]

I'm pretty sure if it was just you and Woody, this place would be on fire by now. [She loves you boys but you are both A Lot. Especially together.] It's been so good to spend time with Bo again.

[he is a strong ranger he caN TAKE IT ALL.]

We're not that bad... [said in the tone of someone who knows they are absolutely that bad.] I didn't get to see her much even in the Basin. It all went by so fast and we had so much to do.

[There are SO SO that bad, Buzz, come on. ]

Uh-huh. So you two didn't get into any fights while you were both... younger? At all?

[Her smile turns a little sadder.]

We just didn't get any time at all. I'm glad we got it here.

I have never fought with him once in my life.

[............they definitely have at least one old-married-couple-esque disagreement a day.]

I know being with you for longer than five seconds means the world to her, too.

[Oh, Buzz Lightyear. Oh, Buzz Lightyear. Jessie turns her head real slow and gives him the deaded look every musted by toy kind.]

You wanna try that one again, Space Ranger?

Nope!

[TREADING DANGEROUS WATERS, LIGHTYEAR.]

[U lil shit]

You know the other toys told me what happened when you and Woody met, right? You know they didn't keep that a secret? Potato Head pretty much yelled it at me on my second day in the room.

[buzz just snorts, shaking his head.]

I'm just kidding, Jessie. I know what we're like.

[She relents with a soft, amused snort, giving him a gentle nudge with her shoulder .]

So long as you're aware. I'd hate you to be living in denial over that.

[you lean like he likes to ignore the OTheR tHINGs in his life?]

Oh, you know the upper octaves Woody reaches when he's upset. There's no way I could forget those headaches.

[There are so many things they can bury forever, it'll be fiiiine.]

Oh, I know. Never thought any toy other than a Barbie could manage that, but there he is. Defying all explanation.

[Bitching about Woody is always a great time anyway.]

That's what he does. Stuff that no-one else can.

[woody just has such a unique touch to what he does. it's going to be... very hard getting used to the room without him. buzz has to wonder-- how will woody feel on the road with bo?]

...He's going to freak out when you tell him. He might even get mad, but you know it'll be out of concern.

It's like his superpower.

[It's going to feel very empty for a very long time, she reckons. She frowns, heaving out a sigh.]

I know. And I know I'll probably get defensive and yell at him back. We've got a process.

[it probably won't ever feel full again, even though buzz and jessie have each other. he's happy for them both and he knows it was the right thing, but... doing the right thing really sucks, sometimes.

...but on the flipside, no-one could've handled the grief that would've followed woody if he'd had to leave bo a second time and be left in the closet all the time. least of all woody himself. buzz still doesn't regret it, no matter what. he never will.]

Yelling about this really isn't the best way to go.

[It really does suck. It was the best thing for both Woody and Bo, even if it might not be the best thing for Jessie and Buzz. They've just had to put Woody and Bo's happiness before their own and that... hurts, right thing though it was.]

I don't know. We're pretty good at that.

This... isn't like every other problem you've argued about before, though.

[ha! bold to assume buzz would ever admit to himself or anyone else that it involved doing something he wasn't entirely happy about.]

...No. I guess it ain't.

[God, she's so reluctant to admit that. She's so much better at the yelling- but that's... probably what started this horrible rage-snowball in the first place.]

You got any suggestions?

[given his expression, it seems like buzz doesn't quite want to accept that, either.]

...I don't know. I don't know how he'll react.

[...he'll probably be upset with buzz for not telling him, maybe? after he'd tried to encourage honesty, too. man. maybe buzz is just kind of a garbage friend.]

[Jessie would very much argue against Buzz being a garbage anything. ]

Guess I just need to take a deep breath and get it done. At some point.

[Maybe they could just not tell him, ever?]

[he nods-- but. sorry, jessie, this isn't something he's going to let you push down and forget about. he's trying to stop doing the same himself, and he knows it takes a while to get to the right state of mind to approach it.]

There's no rush. Don't do it before you're ready.

[Damnit, Buzz. The one time she wants you to push down a thing.]

...I know, I've probably dragged it on longer than I should. It's just... real scary, is all.

...I know. Whatever you decide to do, I'll support.

[he thinks she should tell them, but... if she never does, he wouldn't hate her for it.]

[He's such a good soul.]

I know you will, thanks, Buzz. I'll... I'll figure something out.

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