There were a lot of things Embarrassment wished he had:

• The ability to be invisible.
• Less of a noticeable presence.
• Less sweaty hands (how does he even have that?).
• More confidence.

The list went on and on... but he wasn't Embarrassment for nothing, right? For better or worse, he was who he was, and... well, maybe he'd be okay with that. He'd been trying to get better about, y'know, looking at his fellow emotions and talking to them, but... he still had a lot of progress to make.

He really did like the other emotions, both in his new batch and the core five he'd learned a lot from ever since things chilled out after Anxiety's... moment. In her defense, he understood where she was coming from... but even he didn't want to see Riley suffer like that. Embarrassment felt proud of himself for doing the right thing and helping Sadness get in (who... he may or may not like a lot), even if being congratulated for it made him yank the drawstrings on his gray hoodie tight and duck away.

One place he felt safest in aside from Headquarters was in the Sense of Self chamber down at the root level, where he could sit with all of Riley's core memories and enjoy the soothing flow of the pond they floated in. It was... nice.

However, his solitude was soon broken when he heard the elevator ding, and out came another of the newer emotions - though regardless of who it was, the pink, round-nosed emotion still let out a quiet, stifled whimper and curled up, trying not to be noticed... which, again, was quite hard to do for someone of his stature.

But then they'd approached him and... oh... it was them, coming down to deposit some more memories. He watched as they sprouted once they touched the water, threading up into Headquarters and creating a string that helped build Riley's character as the amazing 13-year-old she now was.

Nervously, Embarrassment slowly lowered his hood and glanced over at them with a faint, shy smile.

"I-It's... it's nice here, isn't it?" he asked in a mumble.

Oh gosh, he's such a mess...