"It may be hard to stay away from me, but there's only one who when they say the word sorry; they mean it."
"But I should be saying that to you. Not…"
"We may have both helped, but I....I was the one who took it too far."
"You sure about that?"
".... ..What did you do, Darius?"
"Let's just focus on collecting these remaining needles."
"You trust me to do that?"
"Why do you ask?"
"Well, just earlier; none of you trusted Lolli to retrieve…."
"Rainbow; you are not Lolli. And I am not a people. I am a person, and I will always stay a person."
"And that's why I feel bad."
"Because I have too much emotion?"
"No.
You don't have...
..Wooooo!!!!!"
"Haven't named her yet, but I was thinking that with Ruby; you can't replace her."
"I…."
"But you can help her. You just have to find out how. She is used to working to protect people, not with people; and her sleeping potion is the exact opposite of trust. All she does is swoop in, put people to sleep; protect them; return them to a state of calm; but by that time they have forgotten everything.
Exactly different from what Elwin wants. She wants cooperation, and not…."
"Dissasociation?
Tell me again; why aren't you royalty? You're so smart."
"Rainbow, you don't need a Status, to learn what people need.
All of you might be able to make big big big changes straight to the top, because you girls have the power and authority to do so, but even small guys like me with no royalty can still make a difference."
"Darius, that's not what us girls are trying to…."
"So I give you.... River."
"That aint no smoothe flowing water, Darius."
"Don't be alarmed. She may be an overly mutated Miacis, but inside..."
"She has the heart of an ancestral puppy?"
"Exactly.
No matter what situation you are in, she will stay a puppy; and no matter how stressed you are; yelling at others to go faster; one touch, and no reason to knock anyone out."
"I mean....How's that supposed to help us?"
"As I said. You helped the Kingdom by duplicating Rubies throughout animals.....and what will happen when Kids go bad, but...what if they never go bad?"
"Darius, that is the exact reason why we have Teachers; Theo; Behavior courses, and all of that. So that when they do go Rogue, we can help them."
"But what if you don't need?"
".....We'll just present our ideas to Ruby and Elwin, and see who she picks."
"It's not a competition.
Right, River?"
*Slipppp...…..sluuuurppppp…..liiickkk*
"Good girl."
"Darius, we love what you are doing, but tough times are coming."
"And that's why we need her.
No more need to control and hover."
"We weren't hov….
And when you girls do get too busy, don't go using River as an excuse for a standin with the people."
"Wouldn't dream of it."
"She can't hyptnotize. She just relieves."
"How old is she?"
"...You know, I don't really know."
"Well, if you want people to use her to relieve stress, then they will be asking generic questions. You should make her….."
"No. No. No.
Then at least give me her shots. It's only fair.
The bigger she grows; the bigger the heart; thus the bigger her width will be able to haluu…"
"NOBODY...…..is touching her.
...She's fine as is. No upgradpes; no healing powers; no invincibility; nothing."
"Darius, you can trust me."
"It's not you I am putting my trust in."