(Yeah. Should we wait for them to get back?)
Logan huffed indignantly. "I am perfectly fine, Patton. Sure, I may have been working a little more than is healthy, but–" "Christ, Logan. You're starting to sound like me." Virgil scoffed. "That's incredibly unhealthy."
(They might be online, but I don't know)
"Lo… He's right…" Patton sighed, the realization of everything bringing a couple of concerns into his mind, and without thinking, he randomly hugged Logan. Whenever something was wrong with one of the others he'd usually hug them without thinking twice about it.
Logan flushed a bit, seeming confused. "About what, Patton? That I'm sounding like him?" "That's not a good thing, Lo." Virgil said pointedly. "I'm the one who cuts himself frequently, remember? The one filled with self loathing?"
"Lo… I… I don't want this… I-I want you to be happy… I-I don't want you hurting yourself… o-or working yourself to near death…" Patton's worries from earlier had only intensified as the realization was quickly becoming confirmed, and he was clearly on the verge of tears again.
"Patton! I assure you, I am not harming myself." Logan sighed softly. "Calm down, Patton. I'm perfectly alright." "You're already doing it, Lo." "Doing what, Virgil?" "Lying to yourself. Saying you're okay when you're not just so you don't burden the people around you."
Patton didn't say anything for a moment. He couldn't say anything hearing the conversation happening around him about Logan, now crying once again. He was worried and scared about what might happen in the future with Logan starting to seem like Virgil.
"Patton, please stop crying. I am perfectly alright. I'm used to working harder than your average person." "Maybe you shouldn't be. It's not healthy to work that much–" "Virgil, will you please be quiet for a moment?"
Patton still couldn't say anything through all of the tears, and Virgil was not helping in any sort of way.
"Virgil, we all see your concern, but maybe you could have this conversation some other time? Patton's already crying because he's so worried…" Roman said, trying to temporarily fix things.
Virgil fell silent and moved closer to Roman, trembling a bit. He stared blankly at the floor. Logan was clearly becoming rather stressed as well. "Why is everyone so upset?!"
"Logan, to put everything simply enough, everyone's worried about your health for multiple reasons like those that Virgil's already gotten into and most likely more. I'm not going into detail for reasons, but just know that it's because we're worried about your health," Roman said.
Logan sighed, rubbing the bridge of his nose between his thumb and index finger in frustration. "I assure you all, I am fine. Me working hard is not a new thing. I'm not sure why it's suddenly a problem now."
"Logan, it's always been a problem… You just never realized how much of a problem it was until now because you'd always ignore our concerns like you're fine… We've all been trying to tell you that this is a problem, but you've never even bothered to listen until now," Roman said.
"But I can't just… stop working! There's always more work I can do! If I can manage to keep this up for just a couple more months, I will finish the next two years of work and I'll be able to graduate!"
"Logan, if you keep this up- Well, I'm not getting into that right now for Patton's sake, but just know that you need to stop… You need to know what your limits are and how to not push them… You need to take breaks every so often, too," Roman said.
"Limits are for the feeble minded! You only have limits if you set them for yourself. I have set no limits, as I aspire to do incredible things and limits will only slow me down!"
"Logan, if you think that you're bettering yourself and seeming determined, you're really just making things worse… You need some sort of limits before you- Again, I'm not mentioning that near Patton but you know what I mean…" Roman said,
"But if I can just finish the next two months of work, then I will be finished with school entirely! Then I will be able to get a well paying career and relax. Isn't that what you want?"
"We want you to relax, yes, but we don't want you dying in the process to get there! Also, Patton, I'm sorry, but I had to say it to it through Logan's head that this is going to seriously harm him!" Roman said.
"I'm not going to die, Roman! Sure, I'll be tired most of the time, but that is a burden I'm willing to bear. I do not need 'beauty sleep'. I sleep when necessary and I have been doing perfectly fine."
"No, you have not! Quit lying! You're not just lying to us; you're lying to yourself, Logan! You don't sleep when necessary, or you'd be sleeping every night! You wouldn't have passed out from exhaustion if you actually slept and you know that!" Roman said.
"I do sleep every night! Perhaps not as much as you do, but I'm still sleeping!" Logan insisted, sighing in frustration again.
"Logan, you're seriously lying to all of us, including yourself! We've all had those times where we're randomly up late at night, and I can guarantee you that we've always found you awake! You can't keep these lies up! You need to change something for your own health and well-being!" Roman said.
"Sometimes I fall asleep for a few minutes while I'm studying! I've got alarms set to prevent me from getting too distracted. But all those minutes combined probably adds up to… an hour or so."
(Logan: Sometimes my eyes close when I sneeze)
"Logan, that's not good! You know that the average person needs about seven to eight hours of sleep a night to be functioning as normal! It's the recommended amount of sleep! Logan, please, just get sleep every night and don't overwork yourself like you have been!" Roman said.