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[averytinyparticle]

This is Quark! Please leave me a message and I'll read it as soon as I can!

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[warriorscribe]

Oh, Quark. [His voice dips to a sorrowful whisper. You poor child, no, that's not how it works...]

That's not...being self-sufficient isn't about not seeking comfort. We all [his voice breaks]...we all need other people in some way.

[averytinyparticle]

I know...

[Quark almost didn't respond. Almost didn't know how to. But Enoch sounds so, so sad too, and he feels like it would be wrong to avoid answering just because the answer is hard.]

I don't want to be alone...but...if I'm going to be alone no matter what I do, isn't it just better to be able to know how?

[He's quiet for another moment, almost sounding resigned.]

I wish it was different.

[warriorscribe]

You're too young to say things like that. [Too mortal.] Loneliness isn't an inevitability, not for someone like you. I swear it. I know- [his voice breaks and he has to take a deep breath to compose himself.] -I know it seems bleak now, but you will not always be alone.