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You questioned the safety of others. What course of action is there to arrive at?

Why would that be your responsibility in the first place?

[there's a soft exhale.]

You wanna be done with him, don't you?

Why would it not? You feel the same pull as I do.

[swallows, stiffening up]

My life is bound to his as much as the king's. My only hope is that I am not chosen to become him.

Chosen to become him?

[tell him that's another case of them speaking differently, because.]

What do you want?

[holding her arm out, flexing hard enough to let miasma start wafting in the air but not strongly at all]

We both were given the gift of being able to absorb the scourge. I was instructed to kill that which gods could not slay, the brother of our founder king. There is no question that my body will hold more darkness than his if we follow fate's predestination, and there is no prayer nor divine act that will be my salvation.

What I desire is for you to not come near nor harm Ardyn Lucis Caelum once more. I would have your continued friendship as well, but you are determined once more to rebuff all friendly advances.

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If I "rebuffed friendly advances", you'd know it without a doubt. [his voice is-- very cold. all pretense of snark and sarcasm dropped in totality.] There's only two other people who know as much about my life as you do. And one of them's my brother.

And that isn't what you want. That's what you think you have to do, because of all this fate bullshit.

What do you actually what?

My duty is my desire! I want to protect all those here and save my world from darkness! If there is more I could do to those ends, then speak up! Loud and true!

You sure about that?

There’s a difference between being someone with a heart too big for their own damn good and fate.

[coming down off the building with a neat landing, still keeping his temperature up]

If you wished to tear he and I apart, you have failed. Whether through the bonds of destiny or the size of my heart, I do not care.

Jason, will you aid me? Or will you refuse my request?

Edited 2020-08-21 22:58 (UTC)

[now he's starting to notice it-- but at least he's not wearing the heavy jackets he would've been before, that would've made it immediately unbearable.

but he's keeping his calm.]

Fine. Whatever.

What's your request? "Leave him alone?" Or is it just the thought that I might refuse?

No, any plea for you to stay away from him would fall on deaf ears. This is I already know.

You wish to protect others from him, do you not? I would have your aid in that.

That's a given, then.

[dropping his temperature back to normal then looking off]

Very well.

I inserted myself into that mess already. Did you really think I'd just ignore him after that?

For my sake, I had hoped you would. You could have risen above his level.

I'm not that kinda guy. Not the kinda guy to go high when someone goes low.

[sighs then lightly shaking her head]

So, you have proven. Future is Now and Baritones often work together in games. Do not quarrel too much with your new unit.

Yeah.

I heard. But I assume it's because of Yvette. Not him.

Naturally, of course. Still, it is something to be mindful of.

[and glancing back to consider him]

[He's still looking at her, but now his hands are back in the pockets, face very neutral.]

I'll try my best to not fuck up basic unit politics, then.

You will do fine.

Good afternoon, Jay.

[he shrugs mildly.]

Later, Glacies.

[takes a moment before starting to walk off]

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