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[rexthebuilder]

I can't come to the phone right now because I'm either kicking EVO butt or hanging out with friends. Leave a message after the beep, and I'll get back to you pronto!

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[pineapplesalmon]

"I was a broken man after working under Black Knight for so long, Rex. I was tired. I didn't expect your forgiveness... or anyone's, really." César's thumbs rub across Rex's shoulders, and he lets out a sigh.

"I've been here ten months. I would've been ready to tell you in one, maybe two, here. Because Magne and so many other people helped me piece myself back together, and the adhesive had begun to set." That timeline is important. "The man I was back home had no one, and he hadn't even had time to grieve for our parents. Which aren't excuses, just... the condition I arrived in here."

[rexthebuilder]

Rex is unusually quiet.

"If you meant to save everyone with the collars, then why did you lie to me when I confronted you about them?" He asks, finally.

[pineapplesalmon]

César blinks at Rex.

[pineapplesalmon]

Wait. Rex is serious.

[pineapplesalmon]

"Rex. Mijo." Okay, there's definitely laughter this time in his voice. "Security cameras with audio?"

[rexthebuilder]

A little thrill as César calls him by that endearment again before the gears stop turning together in his head.

[rexthebuilder]

One gear is spinning freely.

[rexthebuilder]

Its teeth almost catch its neighbor.

[rexthebuilder]

And then, somehow, the spinning gear finally contacts properly with its neighbor, and Rex's entire brain restarts.

[rexthebuilder]

Rex smacks his forehead and leans back, groaning loudly even as the last of his worst fears evaporate. "I didn't think to look for fucking cameras!"

[pineapplesalmon]

"Language." César's shoulders are shaking with laughter he's barely suppressing. "Why did you think I was so worried and told you to stop?"

[rexthebuilder]

"Don't rub it in~nn~nnnn!!" It's not rubbing it in, but Rex shoves his brother by the chest anyway, and César's hands get pulled along away from Rex's shoulders.

Rex is ignoring that comment about language. He's earned a cuss word for going through all this!

[pineapplesalmon]

César started laughing like a popped balloon, a mixture of post-anxiety relief and Rex's faces always being funny.

[rexthebuilder]

"Céssaaarrrrrrrrrrr!" Rex whines.

[pineapplesalmon]

Annnnnnd he loses it entirely.

[rexthebuilder]

"It's not that funny!"

[pineapplesalmon]

"No, no—you whining my name must be muscle memory!"

[rexthebuilder]

"Muscle memory this!" The declaration makes no sense, but Rex is dragging César onto the couch proper to wrestle him anyways.

[pineapplesalmon]

There's a yelp and laughter as he's pulled on top of Rex who is immediately trying to flip him over and when did Rex get this strong—?

Then there's a wolf.

[rexthebuilder]

And this is when Rex remembers wolves are much bigger than they appear on TV.

[rexthebuilder]

"Césaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!"

[rexthebuilder]

"No! ¡Lobo malo!" Rex builds out his Smack Hands, carefully picks up the wolf that was his brother, and puts César down on the ground.

He returns to his normal hands and points at his brother. "That was cheating!"

[pineapplesalmon]

César drops his Wild Shape and stays on the carpet, halfway to a fetal position and wheezing with laughter.

[rexthebuilder]

"UGH!" Rex throws his hands in the air and realizes he's no longer holding his sending stone.

[rexthebuilder]

Now standing, Rex turns his head one way.