Sidebottom paused, looked over at Boober, then at Gobo sleeping past him. He sighed, remembering another night similar to this one, so many weeks ago. It hurt too much to repeat again. The weight was too much to carry, but he had to. ...Unless...

"Boober, Boober listen to me." He walked over and, even knowing how averse he was to this thing, grabbed his wrists and held on. "Something important happened in- in our and Gobo's past and it's been sealed away, but clearly it wants to be known anyway!" ...Unless he stopped lying to them. To everyone. "Gobo needs to know, and- and you need to know. It's scary but keeping this secret is driving me crazy and I can't keep this secret anymore! I tried to lock it away to keep you both safe but it keeps coming out anyway.

"Do you trust me, Boober?"