I was in the middle of babysitting baby Jim for Zoe and Rythian when the familiar voice of a bearded spaceman reached my ears. Instead of doing my job, I left my post to wander across the rock a bit. "Sjin?" He sat in the grass all alone and sniffling a bit. "Are you crying?"
I expected him to hide it but he didn't even try. "Yeah, a little bit."
Looking back at baby Jim first, I take a seat beside him. "What's wrong buddy? Did Sips yell at you about Mahogany Doors again?" I ask, not sure if I'm joking or not.
"Not this time..." He says upset. "I shouldn't even be crying to be honest. Sips is a bit stressed out about our progress. We haven't shipped a single block of our high quality Sipsco dirt yet, and he yelled at me about it. I know he was upset, but that really hurt me, you know?"
"Oh." I say, a little bit uninterested now. "Is that it? I thought you two had a dramatic falling out or something."
He sighs. "I guess I'm a bit fragile when it comes to Sips. He's such a big dumb dumb too. My feelings shouldn't be so wrapped around his finger." He wipes away the tears and smiles like an idiot. "I guess I'll go back. That big babby is probably lost trying to run after me." He stands up and looks down at me. "Thanks for listening to my stupidity, Nilesy. I'll talk to you later, yeah?"
His quick turn around makes me chuckle. "Sure. We've still got Diamonds in the Rough to do later. Don't forget."
"I won't!" He exclaims as he runs off, waving like an idiot.
I wave back, happy I could sort of help, but now I have to go back to babysitting a volcano. Oh well, maybe a kitty cat friend will come out of the jungle and hang with me for awhile. That would be nice.
