Private Chat with ?????

[scienceofmagic]

[ A private message from someone whose name is just numbers? She'll just answer it and set up the chat. Maybe she can get some answers. ]

Hello?

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[scienceofmagic]

[ Croix will answer it. ]

[strangerpeople]

[Croix's. Croix's. Anyways.]

Hello, Meridies-san? This is Kana. I'm sorry if I woke you up.

I know this will seem strange, but I wanted to check to see how you were doing.

[scienceofmagic]

[ It's okay we're all fried. ]

About as fine as I can be. I hope the show was satisfactory.

I'm a little worried what they'll do if they ever figure me out, though.

[strangerpeople]

I can't lie, I was upset with how The Bodacious went. I know he wasn't scared when he died, but even so. It was a lot.



I won't let them harm you, if I can help it.

[scienceofmagic]

Chariot wouldn't let them, either. We'll just have to see how the cards fall.

[strangerpeople]

Yeah.

Was



How was the food, by the way?

[scienceofmagic]

It was good.

You know, you're awfully nice for someone who's doing all of this. But then, I can't really talk.

[strangerpeople]

I'm glad. I tried hard to put what spices I could find into it.

[A long, long pause.]

I...I can't take full credit for all of this. This wasn't my idea.

If I was in charge, things wouldn't be...like this.

[scienceofmagic]

Well, I appreciated the effort on the food.

Thanks for this opportunity, by the way. To keep her as safe as I can.

I've done too much harm to her already, so it's time I protected her for a change.

[strangerpeople]

[That results in another long pause.]

I think I know that feeling. Seeing someone suffer, not even realizing it's because of you until it's too late...and then you wonder if that person isn't wrong in hating you.

Sometimes, you don't even understand why they could hate you. Or even what you did.

[scienceofmagic]

[ Croix takes awhile to even respond. ]

Sometimes you wonder why they're willing to forgive so much, why they refuse to hate you at all.

I think that hurts worse than what I was expecting.

[strangerpeople]

[Such awkward pauses.]

You're not a bad person. I know that much, and that has to be why.

[scienceofmagic]

[ Croix laughs a bit out loud. ]

I don't think I can agree, Kana. I've hurt so many people, ruined a number of potential futures for a selfish reason...

Anyway. Thank you for checking in on me.

[strangerpeople]

[A bit of a pause, one last one for the night.]

All right. You're welcome, any time, Meridies-san.

I'll talk to you later, ok? Be safe.