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[that gets her to calm down a little, breathing]
Your deaths? Is that it?
Your deaths? Is that it?
[ he shakes his head ]
The vision ... It is what I remember to be true.
The vision ... It is what I remember to be true.
[d-deflating, hands coming together under the table]
So, that was your aim all along? That end.
So, that was your aim all along? That end.
I was quite content with that conclusion, yes.
[not going to touch him yet but certainly going to radiate that energy]
. . . I still wish to know how you arrived at that end, Absinthe.
. . . I still wish to know how you arrived at that end, Absinthe.
[ don't even!! ]
You truly do seem impatient. Why is it so urgent?
You truly do seem impatient. Why is it so urgent?
[hands are on the table, what do?!]
I am not. You may take your time, but I want to be clear: I would like to know.
I am not. You may take your time, but I want to be clear: I would like to know.
Believe me - - you have made that more than apparent.
[ standing... sitting his ground!!! ]
[ standing... sitting his ground!!! ]
I also trust in your reasons. Bahamut is not familiar to me, but you are. I suspect there is good cause for your actions, as lamentable as they are.
You're so willing to trust, when you recall so little of me.
The time that we have had here together counts for very much. Here, we are not bound by our particular circumstances.
Unless you have something else to say on it?
Unless you have something else to say on it?
I would say that you're acting terribly naive.
If choosing someone who has not hidden his desire for destruction over a god that deceives makes me naive, then I would much prefer to be naive.
[carefully bringing her hands back to her cup, threat of touch retracted, but still considering him]
. . . Did you know of Bahamut's plan? The original one.
[carefully bringing her hands back to her cup, threat of touch retracted, but still considering him]
. . . Did you know of Bahamut's plan? The original one.
[ his lips curl, unpleasant.]
Oh - - we have had our chats. I don't find him to be very agreeable myself.
Oh - - we have had our chats. I don't find him to be very agreeable myself.
Naturally, if that is how he treats his chosen . . .
Not in particular, but he is still trying to secure the future of our star. We have not been able to manage it on our own.
[because we weren't given the tools . . . ]
[because we weren't given the tools . . . ]
It is almost as if they went out of their way to ensure as much.
To what end? If they had no need of us, we are easy to ignore.
That is the true question, hmm? One I do not have the answer to.
Mm, and I am asking you many questions. But I cannot help wanting to know, not only for my own sake.
However long that may take . . . I fear I have taken enough of your time. Do you wish to go, or would you rather remain?
[ he exhales, before lifting his glass of tea -- ]
I'll finish this first, hmm?
I'll finish this first, hmm?
Oh, yes, of course. I apologize.
[going to behave herself?! . . . and actually sip her tea for the first time]
[going to behave herself?! . . . and actually sip her tea for the first time]
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