#oh btw

*click

“My son, how are you doing? Your father and I are doing fine, and we hope that you are doing okay as well.”

Silence.

“Take care of your brother, okay? You know he is curious, and he is not as smart as you are. Make sure he’s safe, okay?”

Silence.

“We love you, son. Tell you brother we said that, too. Don’t forget how much we love you and your brother.”

Another voice comes in. “Mumbo, tell them don’t sleep with diamonds, they will get scratches from those.”

“Your father says no diamonds in the bed. You heard him, kids.”

The voice says in a strained voice: “We love you, okay? Don’t forget that. Be good, boys.” 

Silence.

*click

[sent audio?]

[yesno]

…

…

[no response. try again?]

[yesno]

…

…

[no response. try again?]

[yesno]

…

…

[no response. try again?]

…

…

[yes no]

-

*click

“It’s okay, Grian. They lived a happy life. That’s the best we could do.”

“I know, I just- I can’t. Sorry. Just, give me some time. I would be fine. In a little while.”

“It’s hard, I know…”

“I wish they know how much we miss them, I wish they can hear these recor- Mumbo, did you forget to turn the recording off?”

“Oh, I must have pressed it by-”

*click