a simple and neat reassurance that junpei isn't alone in this, and higekiri will simply continue walking with him, eyes looking over everything even if we're not allowed to find anything new]
Mm... No. I haven't found my room yet. [hm] But I must always wait for my brother or our friend to allow me into theirs.
Chuuya. [Just a name on the reflex. But also what the hell.] I'm pretty sure the shells are keyed to certain doors, so even if you've taken on a new name it wouldn't work. [...but...]
You're actually a really good brother. It's probably a good idea to check on him. I think he's a little worried about what's happening, too.
He sometimes works a little too hard. Every time I talk to him it's "elder brother" this and "elder brother" that...it's kinda cute. [Hiza is a good puppysword.]
Keep him on his toes a little more. It'll be good for him. [Anna can suffer.
...plus, as far as Junpei's concerned everybody needs to be a little more engaged with what's happening, so this will surely be fine. He got 100% distracted about what he was talking about so that's fine, too.]
I don't know if our brother possesses the ability to betray anyone - though I worry at times that her memory may occasionally have more holes than my own. Regardless, she will remember what is important, I think.
As for the prince...
[he hums softly]
He is a man who thinks himself a beast, weighed down by the burden of his own imagined sins. Regardless... I believe his 'heart is in the right place' as they say.
[He's not going to ask why Grune is a brother instead of a sister, he's just accepted swords are like this.] You really think so?
[...from one troubled memory to another. He's about to ask something else but then Higekiri's actually talking about Dimitri and he can't quite think of how to react.]
Not that I really know one way or another, but are you sure they're imagined?
[Sounds like a problem. He leaves the Grune subject alone, likely to loop back. By now they're on their second or third loop of the hallway as they walk and Junpei searches for something he knows won't be found.]
[...a wise answer, but not one he's entirely sure he can follow. There's a pause because he knows he has to answer, but none of his answers sound right. In the end, he settles on a nod.]
Then maybe they'll be fortunate enough to find people to help them. This is a place where people are going to start to see the ugly sides of each other. Can loving someone really save them?
[Don't like that he keeps having philosophical conversations with a sword, but here we are. He has his own answers to those questions, but they're out in the universe now anyway.] ...anyway, I don't expect a real answer. I'm just thinking about what's coming next.
I don't know if love can save someone on its own - but I've seen the way that it can heal old wounds. How a human being's wish to be cared for can overcome their other obstacles.
[but that's also just higekiri's opinion and he just laughs softly]
Mm. I want to help everyone here as much as I can too.
[Love is a double-edged sword, isn't it? He's not voicing that opinion because Higekiri's words are true, too.]
...help people by speaking to them and seeing what obstacles they have in their way. An outsider's perspective can probably be more valuable than anything else. [There's a frown when he stops in front of what we now know is the ballroom.]
My own obstacles are ones I can't overcome yet. But...tomorrow, maybe. With some answers.
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a simple and neat reassurance that junpei isn't alone in this, and higekiri will simply continue walking with him, eyes looking over everything even if we're not allowed to find anything new]
Mm... No. I haven't found my room yet. [hm] But I must always wait for my brother or our friend to allow me into theirs.
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--I'm going to come back to the second part in a second, but what do you mean you haven't found your room yet? It's been a week.
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[HOPE THAT EXPLAINS WHY HE NEVER GOT IN AND UHHH GAVE UP
but also,]
And until we discover the enemy, I prefer to know where my brother is during nightfall.
[he
he hasn't told hiza this
hiza thinks hige just doesn't want to be in his room]
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You're actually a really good brother. It's probably a good idea to check on him. I think he's a little worried about what's happening, too.
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'Actually'...
[though he doesn't seem offended]
Mm, he has a strong sense of duty. I can be a relaxed older brother because my younger brother works so hard.
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He sometimes works a little too hard. Every time I talk to him it's "elder brother" this and "elder brother" that...it's kinda cute. [Hiza is a good puppysword.]
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[HIGE'S SO MEAN]
Though I like it best when he's smiling.
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Have you told him that? Any of that, I guess.
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Should I....?
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Hm... I suppose I can play with him a little bit more.
[please know what you're condemning anna to]
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...plus, as far as Junpei's concerned everybody needs to be a little more engaged with what's happening, so this will surely be fine. He got 100% distracted about what he was talking about so that's fine, too.]
Who else have you been staying with anyway?
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[ . . . ]
Um... Our other brother also has a poor memory at times, and our friend is a prince?
[DOES
THAT HELP CLARIFY?????]
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These two? [Hilariously that does clarify for him since he's met and learned about both.]
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hige nods]
Mm, that's correct.
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As for the prince...
[he hums softly]
He is a man who thinks himself a beast, weighed down by the burden of his own imagined sins. Regardless... I believe his 'heart is in the right place' as they say.
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[...from one troubled memory to another. He's about to ask something else but then Higekiri's actually talking about Dimitri and he can't quite think of how to react.]
Not that I really know one way or another, but are you sure they're imagined?
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[who can say where that certainty comes from though??
but at the mention of dimitri, higekiri hums softly]
I think... that young man confuses himself about what is or isn't his fault.
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So how do you help someone like that?
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... Love them despite their faults, imagined or otherwise, I suppose.
Maybe if they learn enough forgiveness from someone else, they can apply it to themselves.
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Then maybe they'll be fortunate enough to find people to help them. This is a place where people are going to start to see the ugly sides of each other. Can loving someone really save them?
[Don't like that he keeps having philosophical conversations with a sword, but here we are. He has his own answers to those questions, but they're out in the universe now anyway.] ...anyway, I don't expect a real answer. I'm just thinking about what's coming next.
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[but that's also just higekiri's opinion and he just laughs softly]
Mm. I want to help everyone here as much as I can too.
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...help people by speaking to them and seeing what obstacles they have in their way. An outsider's perspective can probably be more valuable than anything else. [There's a frown when he stops in front of what we now know is the ballroom.]
My own obstacles are ones I can't overcome yet. But...tomorrow, maybe. With some answers.