[Eridan's glad to hear Sollux's voice, though he always is. That stupid lisp that makes Sollux hard to understand sometimes is comforting in its familiarity. He groans into the phone, and it comes out louder and more guttural than he expected it to. Okay, wow, how long has he been holding that in, fuck. He tilts his head back, watches a seagull fly over him.]

Cro knows.

[He pauses. He still hasn't let that sink in, or that he pretty much confirmed it by rising to Cronus' bait. Cronus has a huge thing over him now, but he can at least trust his brother to be scummy enough to not outright blab to their father about it. But he'll worry about that later, he needs to just get to the point and reaffirm his awesomeness as the alpha Ampora kid. Or something. At least tell Sollux the good parts.]

But it's fine, I'm fine. I gave 'im a black eye. He got a couple'a punches in but he's the one who got sent to the floor, fuckin' lightweight.

[Cronus is anything but, it just makes Eridan feel better.]