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kabby im already deeply enjoying this cr its really funny and good (shitpost here eventually)

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You did tell me.

[He couldn't have conceived of the full context, though. And the guy's still so magnanimous. Leaning in with a smile, making sure Richie's all right when he's the one they had to watch bleed out not fifteen seconds ago.]

...What is it?

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Just... wanted to make sure you were alright. [ quietly - concerned as always, a gentle sort of worry. ]

I apologize - I know it's a lot to see.

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Taair, I'm fine, it's you I'm worried about. You don't need to apologize for jack shit.

That's what you have to look forward to? Just a dead end, being someone's puppet?

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[ he opens his mouth. closes it. ]

... That is the life I likely return to, yes. It is the fate that has been mine for some time.

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...No way you can shimmy out a window and book it, huh?

[He frowns.]

Taair...I don't know, there's got to be another option for you. Where there's a will there's a way. Maybe the people here can help you.

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[ help - despite everything, this makes him laugh. ]

Believe me, I have tried. And... I was lucky, that just before I came here, I was able to get away - just for a little while, but still.

[ two weeks in iria. two weeks, getting to know the people, actually getting to know the people, to spend time living among them and enjoying their company, their presence, their time, their anger and their joy. just to have spent those two weeks away from his tower had felt like paradise.

but paradise never turns out to be that way. this is no exception.

he huffs a little bit, and the smile on his face - while sad, is no less kind. ]

... Thank you, Richie. Genuinely. [ ... ] But... while I must return, the time I get to spend with all of you is something that I will cherish - that in and of itself is more important than anything I could ever ask for.