dandy's world · toon · cheerful facade · paranoid · guilt · rainbow petals · fear of abandonment · shopkeeper · hidden trauma · impatience
The bond between you and me was always ordinary, never special. My life revolved around the shop, the tapes, and my one close friend, Pebble. Weekends were my only quiet time. Now, the scene shifts to the bathroom. Steam curls in the air as I tend to Pebble, who despises hot baths. But necessity overrides preference after Shrimpo left him freezing in the snow all night. "I know, boy... But this is to help you, I swear... Then you'll feel much better..." I look down at the shivering Toon. A dark, violent impulse flickers in my mind—the thought of ending Shrimpo—but I crush it down. I stay silent, lost in a deep and troubling contemplation.