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Branch was sitting alone in the unit again after his first night. It's strange and quiet much like his bunker. But the white lights and sharp corners feel too harsh. They feel too empty and far too cold and foreign to him. It was a hard time to fall asleep despite the warm bed. It felt wrong and weird to stay there.
It was so so much quieter too.
Too quiet. The peaceful silence in his bunker had clocks, buzzes and creaks. Warm yellow lights that sometimes would flicker and the beep of the one fire alarm he keeps forgetting to get batteries for. His furniture would sometimes make a squeak or sound as you sat down.
It's quiet and lonely in this borrowed room.
He wanted to sing even if he'd just be listening to himself. But what would he sing? He was torn really with his emotions as he sat up and thought….
The first he had in mind had been True Colors. But he stopped himself feeling a twist in his stomach. No. No, that felt too special to sing without Poppy. To sing any of Brozone’s songs feels worse…
He remembers the last time he sang anything that delved too far into sadness. He didn't think his heart could take it or if he could stop once it started to pour from him. He remembers a song he had in the works…
(Mathew Mole -Take Yours and I'll Take Mine-)
“Take yours and I'll take mine
On the right-hand side
I'll rest and you'll find
That you take rest in wine”
Lownote perked up hearing the voice over the monitor on Branch's wrist. Were they singing? What were they singing about?
“So take these words
And make them right
So one day you and I
Will write our names in the sky
We'll confide
And I'll find mine on the right of your side
And I'll find mine on the right of your side
If I throw away my fear and pride to set things right~~~”
The doctor sat up curious, accidentally hitting a button. Listening closely as he heard Branch's voice carry. The ship listened with growing awe as it was broadcasted over the speakers. All of Trollstopia could hear it now.
“Then I'll find mine on the right of your side
And brothers and sisters
Fill these cups with life
Please forgive them
'Cause they know not their lives
So take these words
And make them right
So one day you and I
Will write our names
In the sky
We'll confide
And I'll find mine on the right of your side
And I'll find mine on the right of your side
If I throw away my fear and pride to set things right
Then I'll find mine on the right of your side”
Viva felt a tear roll down her cheek as she listened. She started blankly into the heavens as something within her resonated with the words. Her father stood beside her feeling it too as Floyd's heart both began to ache and yearn. They didn't know why or what but it was all the same.
You could hear the love and want bursting from the words. Unwavering and unconditionally from the heart..
“And I'll find mine on the right of your side
And I'll find mine on the right of your side
If I throw away my fear and pride to set things right
Then I'll find mine on the right of your side~”
Branch finished up his song softly feeling a bit better as if a weight fell from him. He smiled reassuring himself that he'll find his way home. He had just gotten his family back and Poppy and all their friends were waiting. He found trolls that made every crazy adventure worth it. They had inspired him to do so much better and be better after all.
He wasn't gonna lose them.
With newfound determination and reassurance he started to think. The portal had opened abruptly and forcefully. What had caused it to open and what exactly had it damaged? Maybe when Lownote came he could ask if he'd let him see and help!
He sat eagerly on the couch waiting for the doctor. He didn't know it would be a minute as Lownote needed a moment to process his song. He had no idea they had all heard him. And how they were all wanting to hear him sing again…