UC: So thats why you lost your balance? :?

SS: pretty much.

SS: wait, how do you hear or see things anyways?

CI: We rely on your senses to guide our own.

SS: then.. wouldn't you have heard it too?

UC: That's the weird part.

UC: Maybe it was just in your head? Were you alright that day?

SS: i felt pretty normal, that was the only time i've ever heard the voice too.. it sounded like a woman singing or something.

CI: Maybe it was an actual siren, heh.

SS: nah, i think talking feet make the world crazy enough. . 3 .

UC: Do you wanna at least try heading back?

SS: i do! just.

SS: what if it happens again?

CI: Then we promise to take over the controls and steady you more.

UC: And we'll try to snap you out of it! We're here for you, man!

SS: thanks, guys.

SS: one more question.

UC: Whats up?

SS: is typing the only way we can talk to each other? you said you can talk in the background of my mind or something.

UC: Oooh! Telepathic conversations! >:)

CI: We can, you just need to "listen" for it whenever we speak.

SS: i think i might try it out tommorow! i'm uh.

SS: pretty beat now.

CI: Perfectly understandable, sweet dreams.

UC: Don't let the bedbugs bite!

Alex closes the application on his computer, sighing.

That was the most emotionally exhausting conversation of his life, its too difficult to digest all in one sitting, especially the "closest online friends you've known for a year are actually your feet" part. He's still half-believing that this is a weird dream, that in reality, he's drooling on his keyboard and unconsciously typing out the longest novella dedicated to the letter "f" overnight.

He snaps back to reality when his left foot bends up to him, giving him back his phone.

"Thanks, dude."

The foot bows its toes in a motion akin to a kindly sheriff tipping his hat to a southern belle, and with that, he crawls back into bed, lulled to sleep by the croaking of frogs and the wild laughter of kookaburras. He closes his heavy lidded eyes and..

Aw crap! He forgot to ask what their names are!