"Boss!" a scrawny 2p Hetalian ran up to Hoshizora, "This is bad! Really bad, I don't know if you know or-"

"I know," Hoshizora murmured quietly, not a hint of emotion in his voice.

"You...knew?" the 2p Hetalian said worriedly.

But Hoshizora couldn't feel the worry in the voice. It sounded fake, like a programmed game script into a robot. The 2p Hetalian was thin, pale, and looked like they haven't slept. He saw to it that they are taken care of and healthy, but they were solely loyal to him. Did only what he commanded and followed what his fandom already had. He just didn't understand. What did he have that he didn't? What was so much more inferior about his fandom than to Himeyura's?

"Sir-?"

"Leave," Hoshizora cut in with the same lifeless voice.

He heard footsteps instantly leaving the room and not even hesitation at the door. So much for worrying.

Now that he was alone, he stared down at his files. One of the Hetalian Generals he was so lucky enough to catch escaped with some other hostage he forgot was there. He didn't remember, his brain was scrambled and he felt sick. He was losing rapidly and his plans were crumbling. The powers he possessed were not strong enough and though, he knew why he finally came to admit it.

Those 'fans' that the outside irritatingly called '2p Hetalians' were really just 2ps of the type of Hetalians that he longed to have. They were nothing more than-

"Stop," Hoshizora croaked, "don't do this to yourself. Don't...lose hope...yet."

He couldn't think that way. Maybe if he just tried a little harder, pushed his point farther across-no. What else can he do? He was so sure that bombs and callings were perfect at pushing points across. Like, what else was better? He wasn't going to stoop down to killing anyone, that would cause more chaos. But what if the bombs killed someone? 

"But they didn't."

Was this war really going to end like this? In this cold...in this misery? When was he so close? How did he get...so far away? 

Hoshizora fiddled with the object in his hands, finally deciding to put it to some use.

~~~~~

Short.

That's all I gotta say.