Tears splashed onto the ground as Gen did his best to hug himself with his stubby paws. He couldn't do this. He couldn't. He couldn't.
Why him?
As he pondered those questions, though...there were those who arrived to comfort him.
For a moment, Gen's eyes brightened. He had always watned to try malasadas...
Then she called him a hero, and his eyes widened in terror again. "D-don't...don't c-call me that...I'm n-not, I d-don't wanna be a h-hero..."
"I c-can't, I can't! If I tell Saltriv and Burhalla the t-truth a-about myself, they'll hate m-me! I l-lied to them! And B-Burhalla really hates lies!" Gen wailed. "I d-don't wanna go on a l-long journey! I w-wanna go home!"
Gen clutched tightly onto his reunion cape. "I...I..."
He tried to take a deep breath. It was shaky, but...he managed. The fear and panic didn't disappear, though he did feel a tiny bit better. A very tiny bit. "Th-thanks..." he managed.
The tone caused Gen to whimper. "P-please...I...I'm s-scared, I'm s-so scared..."
And then, at last, he broke down. He sobbed into Snow's fur, letting all his fear and worry out in the form of tears. "I d-don't...I d-don't wanna be a hero...I c-can't, I can't..."
"...I...I c-can't...it can't be t-true...it...it c-can't be," Gen said, hugging Snow tightly. "It...it c-can't be me, th-there has to b-be some sort of m-mistake..."
"...y-yeah, a mistake! Th-that...that's gotta be it! This i-is just a big m-misunderstanding. And...and...I d-don't have to be a h-hero. P-people aren't just taken t-to other worlds to solve p-problems, that's only i-in fantasy stuff! It...it m-might be true in those o-other worlds, but n-not here, right? R-right?" Gen said, his voice slowly steadying. It wasn't true, it was just a misunderstanding.
He didn't actually have to be a hero...right?
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