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[cursedtolive]

[He nods, leaning back in his chair and glancing at the front door to see if it'll open. Charon...]

I'm sure you have a lot more left, too.

[hououji]

Probably. [She sighs. She doesn't want them.]

[cursedtolive]

[If Czes knew more about the people from the ship, he'd tell her that means she's still p. normal compared to the others. Plus she's a kid.]

Don't let Elmer see you.

[hououji]

... [Frowny face 8C]

Elmer-san seems to have thought that killing people would make me smile.

[cursedtolive]

Because it would send you home and he was sure that'll make you happy.

He's... he used to come to my house a lot. [He glances away. His house. It wasn't even really his; the last time he had anything that belonged to the Meyer household was before he began traveling with Fermet and Begg after his family died. He remembers being four, or five. Elmer used to come to the Lotto Valentino house and--]

He's always... been like that.

[hououji]

I guess he is just trying to help..

[But why'd he have to listen to her shadow?]

[cursedtolive]

He overdoes it.

[hououji]

... A little.

[A pained expression. She doesn't want to speak poorly of him.]

[cursedtolive]

[Czes encourages her to talk smack.]

... He really does.

[You don't tell a girl to smile after her fiancé got devoured, Elmer.]

[hououji]

[No you don't.]

You still... seem to like him, enough.

[cursedtolive]

... I thought he would be mad at me.

[hououji]

For what? He doesn't seem the type to hold a grudge.

[cursedtolive]

[ He goes quiet.]

I wasn't like this before.

[hououji]

[She gives him a look. Not an angry one, but not a sad or pitying one really.

More wanting to understand than anything.]

You've been through a great deal.

[cursedtolive]

[He resists the urge to look away.

He hates it because he can't even cry and ask why this happened, because he knows. He knows everything Fermet ever knew.]

I'm just... old.

[hououji]

You are. Older than most people have to deal with.

... It must make you tired.

[cursedtolive]

It does. I guess I don't have a lot of choices, though.

[hououji]

... It seems like it gets a little easier when you don't try to do it on your own.

[cursedtolive]

But I already told you how I feel about the others. Mortals die. I'll be on my own anyway.

[hououji]

... Even if you're a mortal, people will die, you know. For a while, I thought I'd never see some of my dearest friends ever again. Or the person I love.

But I think it was worth it to have known him and loved him... And he knows there's a chance I'll die centuries before him. But even a little bit of time with him is worth it, I think...

[cursedtolive]

[He puts his hands on the table and taps his fingertips together.]

... You were with good people.

Charon, too, I think. He has his sister. I want him to go home.

[hououji]

There are good people left in the world. Certainly, there's at least twice as many bad people, but...

Maybe you're looking in the wrong places.

[cursedtolive]

I told myself I wouldn't trust anybody. That still hasn't changed.

It's been two hundred years. Sure, I haven't seen the whole world, but I've seen plenty of it and there aren't that many good people out there. Why get my hopes up?

[hououji]

... Because it's 2012, and you've met a good person.

[cursedtolive]

[He's not sure if Charon counts.]

But this is Santa Destroy and if it was anywhere else, I would've killed a good person within a week of meeting her.