He still had the box they gave him. The box containing all his memories with them, the items and photos inside still collecting dust.

He had dug it out of a shulker box. He smiled looking at all the photos. Braid had never been one photos and Crown loved to mess them up.

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Another was when Crown and him pranked Braid with endermites. Then there was the time he and Braid respawned the enderdragon and forced Crown to fight it by themself because neither of them stood a chance.

His hand brushed against a piece of metal and he picked it up. It was a simple ring with two bands of gold twirled together to make the ring band. A glistening red gem sat in the middle with a small black gem on one side and a small white gem on the other. He remembered how the red gem was to prevent blood moons from effecting him because he was a turtle hybrid.

Another piece of jewelry sat in the box, this time a necklace that had been from Braid. It was a black string with a small dappled white conch shell hanging from the end of it. Crown had gotten the shell from their time near the water and given it to Braid since they thought they would like it, to which Braid crafted it into a necklace and gifted it to EX. They said it reminded them of him.

It felt nice to reminiscence on the his past memories. But then he remembered why he had pushed them away.

The day they abandoned him. The day they gave him to Xisuma. Anger boiled in his veins just from thinking about it.

They had faked making a clone of Xisuma. In reality, they had just teleported EX over. His confusion at the time was real. Xisuma thought it was because he had just been brought into the world, but in reality it was confusion from the entire situation. Had they really just abandoned him? With no warning?

He confronted them about it later, when Xisuma had banned him and he was free to do whatever. Braid said that EX had been getting annoying and clingy, and that they were glad to get rid of him. Crown said they had been growing tired of EX, saying it was getting boring to have the same person around all the time

He felt so shocked. So betrayed. So... terrible.

And then at the bottom of box lay his Watcher mask. But he didn't dare touch that. Grian would surely feel his presence.

Oh Grian... please... just forget about them... they abandoned you...

So why can't you abandon them?

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i hereby say fuck the Watchers, they're rude

[lol criange]