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Our Insecurities

K.C.: *eyes widen at the question she receives on the Fly Pad as she enters the nursery* Hey, guys!

Pip: Heya, K.C.! *has gotten quite calmer over the past few hours and gives the koala a hug*

Freddy: K.C.! *doesn't even bother with formality as he barrels into the two of them*

Pip: *chuckles as they all pick themselves up* I take it you're not busy today?

K.C.: *beams* Nope! And we have a new question from Gallus01 ! *hands the Fly Pad to Pip and Freddy*

Freddy: *takes the Fly Pad* It says... *begins reading* I have a question for Pip, K.C., and Freddy! My question is... what do you think is your biggest insecurity, or biggest insecurities? *eyes widen*

Pip: Oh! *smiles akwardly* Uh... *looks between his two friends* Who wants to go first?

Freddy: Nu-uh *shakes his head*

K.C.: *swallows as she gives a polite smile* Pip, why don't you do it?

Pip: *sighs* I... I don't really have much insecurities, I guess, other than my friends getting hurt, of course *gestures to his friends with a smile as he remembers* On the worst cases, I can have a panic, but I like to consider myself a mentally-stable penguin, and uh... *smiles sadly* I guess I'll have to finally admit it out loud, huh? *gives a small, empty laugh*

Pip: I know it sounds stupid, but I have a great fear of failure *shakes his head with an empty smile on his face* I've always been doing well back at home in my earlier years, but after a while, I would start to recline in skills for a lot of stuff, and that's when it started. I... I'd get really tense, on the worst cases, when something's seriously on the line, but most of the time, it's just a faint usual feeling of dread on the back of my mind *gives another weak laugh* So... *shrugs* Yeah... *eyes flicker towards the floor* There's that

K.C.: That was very brave of you to share, Pip *gives a sweet smile to the penguin*

Freddy: *in such a small voice that it can almost be considered a squeak* Who's next?

Pip: I don't know... *clicks his tomgue*

K.C.: *eyes flicks over to the neevous flamingo for a second* I'll go next, if you don't mind *flashes the flamingo a reassuring smile*

Freddy: *nods subtley and mouths* Okay...

K.C. I... uh... I... *deep breath* My biggest insecurity would have to be my songwriting... *fakes another smile* I know we're not in a real real band, but I really want to ensure that whatever we're playing speaks to the listener and hopefully up for interpretation and multiple meanings, but that's not the biggest problem for me

K.C.*rubs her shoulder shyly* I... tend to pour my soul into the song, like most musicians hopefully do, taking on themes and aspects of life that really speak to me, and... sometimes I just get worried that I'll be judged for that... Like... They'll somehow pick up on all the intentional and unintentianal hints in the song, and are secretly laughing at me for having such mediocre problems in life

Pip: *takes a deep breath* I never really though about it that way...

K.C.: Yeah, well... *shrugs, then snaps her head up to look at the flamingo* Freddy? It's your turn. Are you ready?

Freddy: No... *shakes his head* But let's go... *wings start to fidget with each other* My biggest insecurity is... *scratches his head* No... *looks around for a while* I don't really like it when I don't understand some stuff *starts 'snapping' his wings* There are times when Pip, K.C., Captain Beakman, J.P., Bodhi, Ava, Mr. Woodbird, Paulie, or anyone, honestly, would say things, and I would usually not understand it, and when I ask for an explanation, they usually either shrug it off, tell me they won't offer an explanation because I wouldn't understand, or explain and I still wouldn't understand

Freddy: *starts tapping his flamingo feet* And then I wonder, am I really just that stupid, or were there things they were hiding from me? *crosses his wings* And then I get frustrated with how much I canmt catch onto some stuff *throws his wings up in the air with exasperation* It's hard to explain!

K.C.: It's alright, Freddy *places a comforting paw on the flamingo* You don't have to explain it further if you don't want to

Pip: *clicks his tongue softly* I hope the question is answered.