[ He's been so lackluster with everything he's been saying. Mostly out of an abundance of caution but also because he's still so very confused why this is happening in the first place. ]
You said your piece and I listened. What more are you waiting for?
Hey. If you could go back in time to right before we fought, would you still insist on asking me if we've met before, or would you leave it alone this time?
Will you get involved with that boy and continue to provoke each other too, the next time you see him?
[Ah, there's something... More, behind the almost obnoxious layer of owo cheer, isn't there? He can probably feel the darker tendrils, through their connection as fellow Martyrs.
[Without his emotional support Dumbel too... Waoh,]
That doesn't answer what you will do next time. He's not finished with you, either.
[Too bad that it easily comes off as another non-answer, especially knowing Gen's aggression that still burns hot and relentless even without clearer context.
But he's extra careful not to let that bleed through. ]
Should I run away from him, then? I came across him purely by coincidence the last time.
[ He'd been wholly unprepared for the mental assault, too, but now that he's experienced it once, it shouldn't catch him off-guard a second time, right...? ]
"Run away", that's an interesting choice of words. There's a negative connotation to it too, isn't there. [She's not asking, but stating.] Like how you shouldn't have to back away? [a beat.] Against a teenage delinquent who never experienced the supernatural before? A normal person would simply look at this as "avoiding hassle", you know.
[ There's a light joking quality that flits between their communion, a reminder of the damage Gen had done to Dokja but in a way that doesn't seem to be taking it too seriously.
Just under that, however, is a different layer that's harder to pinpoint. Almost... like he's pleased. ]
[u kno, like how dramatic Japanese schoolgirls go "kyaaa, hentai!!~"? Sorta like that. (no, not even barely,)]
Just like how none of us really had plans to come to Horos, right?
[There's something more sober about that, almost... Deprecating, maybe? Hmm...
But he's not given the opportunity to dwell.]
Ah, but we've been chatting for a while. I do still have matters to attend to, so let's stop here for today. Don't trouble your allies, okay? Good night.
[And just like that, the link severs.
For better or worse, he didn't have to hang up first...?]
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Aren't you? Bored, that is?
[ He's been so lackluster with everything he's been saying. Mostly out of an abundance of caution but also because he's still so very confused why this is happening in the first place. ]
You said your piece and I listened. What more are you waiting for?
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Hmm, not particularly, I don't think...?
[...]
Hey. If you could go back in time to right before we fought, would you still insist on asking me if we've met before, or would you leave it alone this time?
[since they're in dms anyway,]
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He knows his answer, though. Immediately, without hesitation, ]
I'd still ask you.
1/2
[The small and easy laugh along with the "it can't be helped" vibes seem genuine.]
2/2
[Ah, there's something... More, behind the almost obnoxious layer of owo cheer, isn't there? He can probably feel the darker tendrils, through their connection as fellow Martyrs.
...]
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I finished my business with him some time ago.
[ A lie. It comes easily to Dokja. This is business that belongs to him. ]
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That doesn't answer what you will do next time. He's not finished with you, either.
[Too bad that it easily comes off as another non-answer, especially knowing Gen's aggression that still burns hot and relentless even without clearer context.
...He's going to keep at this, isn't he?]
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But he's extra careful not to let that bleed through. ]
Should I run away from him, then? I came across him purely by coincidence the last time.
[ He'd been wholly unprepared for the mental assault, too, but now that he's experienced it once, it shouldn't catch him off-guard a second time, right...? ]
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"Run away", that's an interesting choice of words. There's a negative connotation to it too, isn't there. [She's not asking, but stating.] Like how you shouldn't have to back away? [a beat.] Against a teenage delinquent who never experienced the supernatural before? A normal person would simply look at this as "avoiding hassle", you know.
[...]
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[ There's a light joking quality that flits between their communion, a reminder of the damage Gen had done to Dokja but in a way that doesn't seem to be taking it too seriously.
Just under that, however, is a different layer that's harder to pinpoint. Almost... like he's pleased. ]
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[She doesn't sound convinced, but it would seem that she's considering things from that perspective, too.]
But for you to take interest like this just proves that it's personal for you too, you know. So... [...] Why him?
[It's asked casually, almost deceptively so. That's the crux of it, isn't it?]
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[ His answer is similarly casual.
And way too obviously a lie. But she was never going to get the truth out of him in the first place. ]
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I see. I suppose it can't be helped, then. One of those days, I'll simply have to get to you first.
[Is it a threat, or a promise? Surely he must already have an idea?]
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Or you could leave me alone.
[ Just a suggestion? ]
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[It's not really a question. And isn't it a strange feeling, being able to process the tilde in someone else's mind DM speech? 🙂]
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I guess this has become a hobby for you.
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[...She does somehow sound serious, but moves on just as quickly,]
Keeping tabs on the well-being of an ally and the hindrance of an enemy is not a hobby. I'm simply doing what I should be doing.
[Like 1+1=2, can't he get that much? Gosh.]
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This sigh is the heaviest sigh to have ever passed through a communion. ]
Sure, sure. Take your time. I don't have any plans to run into that kid any time soon.
[ Little does he know. ]
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Just like how none of us really had plans to come to Horos, right?
[There's something more sober about that, almost... Deprecating, maybe? Hmm...
But he's not given the opportunity to dwell.]
Ah, but we've been chatting for a while. I do still have matters to attend to, so let's stop here for today. Don't trouble your allies, okay? Good night.
[And just like that, the link severs.
For better or worse, he didn't have to hang up first...?]