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Hi everyone! I hope you are having a good day!

[Diarmuid waves excitedly at the screen for a moment, before having to move quickly to catch the strange little animal that starts to slide out of his lap.]

Sorry about that, Lir. I guess I waved too hard...

[The creature makes a soft burbling sound and blows a bubble at Diarmuid. The bubble bumps against the boy's nose and breaks causing him to giggle. He then turns his attention back to the terminal.]

Is there anyone here who remembers me talking about wanting to have a ceremony to celebrate all of our friends who have been sent away? I would like to have it next month by the river. There should be food and maybe even some activities, since the point is to have fun remembering our friends instead of being sad. At the end, I want to put candles out on the river floating in boats to send our wishes for our friends to them!

Will you guys help me out? Please? Lets do something nice for all the people who aren't here anymore! You don't need to have lost someone to come or help either. We're all friends here, right?

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[A few hours after making his request for help, Diarmuid can be found down by the river running up and down it looking for the best spot to have the ceremony--maybe 'festival' would be a better word--at. Lir bobs in the river following along with him the best he can. Every so often, Diarmuid stops and looks around, making gestures and talking to Lir as he tries to picture where everything will go if this is the place he picks.

He certainly won't mind if anyone stops to talk to him about the festival. After all, he's still trying to work everything out...]

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[Farther back is an understatement. Try Ireland, thousands of years ago...]

It was surprising, but Father is a god and he told me all about fairy realms! This isn't really a fairy realm...

[No fairies, obviously.]

...but it is like one! That was enough to help me calm down. A lot of people helped me figure stuff out, and I still had Little Dia with me, so I never had to be alone!

[As he speaks, a small blue and green butterfly appears out of his hair and starts fluttering near the boy's head. Diarmuid holds out a hand and the butterfly lands gently on it.]

This is Little Dia! Father made him for me!

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[A god? Well, he had met Asgardian 'gods' before, so Steve just went along with what he said. There was no need for an argument about this.

Oh, and a butterfly? That was a little surprising to see, but it was good to hear that he kept the kid company. And his father was a lot more powerful then he thought if he could create life as well.]

It's good to meet you, Little Dia. [It was a little unusual for him to greet a butterfly, but why not.] So you two are always together?

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[The butterfly lifts into the air, flying in happy circles, before settling onto Diarmuid's shoulder.]

He says it's nice to meet you too! We are always together here. It's weird... For some reason he doesn't follow me home. He came with me from home, but doesn't follow me back anymore. I don't understand...

[The boy's forehead wrinkles are he thinks about why that is, but after a moment he shrugs it off. Maybe someday he will figure it out.]

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Not much of an expert on understandin' a butterfly's mind, but guess that he either can't or wants to stay here. [Yep, he was completely guessing there. Steve wanted to say something though.]

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It is a nice place and they do take good care of us. I can see why he wouldn't want to leave!

[Add in the fact the butterfly has no family to miss and well, why would it want to leave?]

Do you like it here? Or are you like the people who want to leave instead of help?

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It's a peaceful place and most of the folks here have only been kind so far. [He was kinda scooting around the question because Steve has a lot of mixed feelings about Saeng Seong.]

I wanna help out, but can't say I don't want to go home either. [He still needed to tackle a lot of things still. Find his place, maybe go to SHIELD and start working for them. Steve didn't like to remain idle and throwing himself at missions sounded appealing. Better than staying in his apartment all day.]

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[Diarmuid nods, understanding in his eyes.]

I like helping people here, but I miss my family too. I wish we could remember things when we leave. That way, we can still have the family we make here in our hearts even when we do go home.

[Because that is really what he will miss if he leaves. The people he has adopted as his family.]

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[Steve wished that they could as well. He went back once and returned a few months ago, but it wasn't something he wanted to experience again.]

Don't want to forget any of the people I've met either. Our memories are sometimes the only reminders we have left.

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Yes! I really hope the only reason we forget is because of the power problems the city is having. Maybe once we get everything figured out and fixed, when we leave the memories will stay with us!

[Lord James had said that them not being able to remember wasn't an accident, but Diarmuid doesn't know if he believes that...or wants to believe it.]

Do you think that might be the case?

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[He didn't really believe that the power problems were connected to their loss of memories. But Steve didn't really understand everything that was going on either, even after being here for almost a year. In total, at least.]

Wouldn't wager on it, but it's not out of the realm of possibility either. Being here kinda opens your eyes to a lot of things.

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Yes! I've learned a lot here in addition to all the nice people I have met. I don't want to forget any of that!

[Of course, the kinds of things Diarmuid is thinking about having learned are things like reading, writing, and what a refrigerator is. The things Steve is thinking about having his eyes opened to are probably a lot more complex.]

Even if it's not likely the energy problems are what is causing the memory loss, I am going to hope it is. At least, until I find out a better reason. The power problem is something we can fix!

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[Diarmuid was really keeping an optimistic and hopeful view. Steve liked that, it was good to see it in others. He was no stranger to people that were ready to give up, but he never liked to and it looked like Diarmuid was the same in that regard.]

Focus on the problem we know how to fix, sounds like a plan to me.

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I wish I was bigger so there was more I could do.

[Like when people had gone out exploring. Diarmuid had stayed behind because he knew he wouldn't be much help out there. He is so small and he doesn't have any special abilities yet. Not like his brother has.]

I guess I will just have parties and try to keep people happy. That is a good idea, right?

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Know how that can be. [Most of his life he was small and unhealthy, even if he didn't look like it now. Steve knew the frustration of not being able to help as much as he wanted to.]

It's a very good idea. Keeping everyone's spirits up is important, helps them to keep movin' forward. A battle can't be won with just brute force.

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You were small like me once?

[Diarmuid finds that a little hard to believe considering how big Steve is now, but why would he lie about something like that?]

That's right! Father says battles go better when the soldiers are able to use their minds and their bodies, and people can't think as clearly when they aren't happy. I like making people happy anyway. This is a good job for me until I am bigger!

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Sure was. I was small and ill for most of my life, struggling to keep up with people my age. [And he wanted so badly to join the war. Guess he eventually got what he wanted though.]

I'm counting on you then. [He was glad that Diarmuid had found a goal for himself here.]

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And then you got big! And you don't look sick anymore!

[Diarmuid puts a hand up over his head as far as he can reach.]

Hopefully, I will get big soon too! I don't want to be a bitty knight forever!

[When Steve says he is counting on him, Diarmuid nods his head confidently.]

I will do my best and won't stop until I am successful! I am counting on you too to help me set up! I think I will have the festival around the 25th of next month. I will send you a message to let you know when I decide for sure.

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That's right. And I'm certain that you'll become big soon. [Hopefully without a serum too.]

I'll be there. Wouldn't want to let you down.

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I think so too! I got a little bigger when I went home before, so I will probably get bigger again next time I go.

[He suddenly looks contemplative.]

I wonder if I can grow while I am here since this place is removed from our real lives. I should ask Lady Irene next time I see her...

Thank you so much! It was nice to meet you!