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[sacredchants]

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[robopriest]

...Eh?

[Well, that's a surprise.]

Oh, no. I just saw it and thought to let you know.

[sacredchants]

This past Sunday, I got a message indicating that I could send messages to the dead—I'm assuming you got the same thing around the same time?

[ honestly, she's really touched that hansa thought of her. truly. ]

[robopriest]

Yes, I sure did. Ha...and here I was thinking I was going to provide a unique service for once.

[He really doesn't seem offended, though.]

[sacredchants]

[ .... ]

Thanks. Even if you didn't manage to accomplish what you wanted—I... Thanks for thinking of me.

[robopriest]

Its fine. I can tell that you've been having some really hard weeks here. And its nice to stay in touch with people you know, right?

[sacredchants]

I've been handling it well. It's not like this is the first time.

[ she hesitates for a moment. ]

Do you have people you'd want to send a message to?

[robopriest]

...

[He frowns at her first statement.]

Well, not really. Maybe Kano, to tell him to behave, but you know he won't listen.

[sacredchants]

[ closes eyes. people are dead when they're killed hansa..... ]

Who's to say if that's true or not? Maybe you should try it anyway. The worst thing he could do is meet your expectations.

[robopriest]

I should. But the last time he told me that his father is basically god and also a high school teacher and also a serial killer or something so. I kind of feel like I need a dictionary to figure him out.

[sacredchants]

[ ......... ]

Somehow I'm not that surprised he said all of that.

[robopriest]

He sure is...........something, alright.

[sacredchants]

He said all of things just for shock value, you know.

[robopriest]

Oh, I know. The trouble is, he's the type to put in truths in between his lies, and have a good time guessing which is which!

[sacredchants]

I'd go with whatever makes him the most uncomfortable. If you're going to mix truth within a lie, that's where it would hide, right?

[robopriest]

I guess that's a tip. But the boy is hard to read.

[And a beat.]

...He's......worrying. I wonder how he feels, wherever he is.

[sacredchants]

Hopefully in a place where he doesn't have to deal with what we are. I hope the Realm still has enough kindness for that.

[ if he can't go home, at least he shouldn't be suffering. ]

[robopriest]

...

You were close with him, weren't you, Izumo?

[sacredchants]

I have no idea.

[ .... ]

I guess? As close as anyone could get in that time frame.

[robopriest]

Yeah, it was only a couple of weeks, but...

[And he frowns.]

Do you know exactly what he was dealing with, at home?

[sacredchants]

[ ... ]

I don't. We only talked about his family briefly and even then I could tell he didn't want to.

[robopriest]

I see. Yeah, that sounds...about right, for Kano.

[As mysterious as ever.]

...Did you talk about your family with him?

[sacredchants]

[ oh.

h, hmm.... ]

A, ah.... no. I don't...bring up my family.

[robopriest]

You don't?

[And a slight smile.]

Is that something you have in common with him, then?

[sacredchants]

I'd say our family situations are vastly different.

[robopriest]

Well, its not as much that, but more...you both don't want to talk about your family, because of the things you have to deal with because of them.