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⠀⠀—current icon art (as of January 21st, 2025) is a YCH commission of Lapis and another OC, Paza, commissioned by @paza.bsky.social and drawn by @n-iyo on VGen (vgen.co/n-iyo)

⠀⠀—if you are not @paza.bsky.social, myself, or @n-iyo on VGen, do not use, repost, or repurpose this art in any way.
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⠀⠀<- ...end of time.

⠀⠀⠀But he knows he can't. He knows that, eventually, he must let go—as must she. Eventually... this will end.

⠀⠀⠀But not yet.

⠀⠀⠀In this moment, their embrace remains. In this moment, there is only the “amnesiac” and the alien... and their arms around each-other. ]
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⠀⠀<- ...to let go. Lapis doesn't want this to end.

⠀⠀⠀He wants to hold her, to be held by her. To feel her arms and tail around him as his arms wrap around her. To be as close to her as he could possibly be. To simply... bask in her.

⠀⠀⠀To embrace Paza, his closest companion, until the... ->
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⠀<- ...figure gifts out later. Right now...

⠀⠀[ Closing his eyes and gently tightening his embrace, he holds Paza close. ]

⠀...your presence is enough for me.

⠀⠀[ He... could get used to this. This embrace—this... closeness. To her.

⠀⠀⠀A thought crosses his mind... Lapis doesn't want... ->
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⠀⠀<- ...remains within his grasp.

⠀⠀⠀Lapis is only a facsimile of a “Terran”. A fake, playing at being the genuine article. His heart is artificial—as is the rest of him... he doesn't know this.

⠀⠀⠀But, artificial or not... some part of him, deep inside, knows that his heart belongs to her. ]
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// lmfaooo //

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⠀<- ...appeal carts and trucks such as the one he left behind have to everyone else, he continues trailing behind his alien friend...
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