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[agleam]

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[unsaid]

[mikazuki will make a gesture with his right arm - rupert can sit, but at a distance away]

... what is the shape of your heart, Rupert?

Should all else be stripped from you - what would remain at your core?

[agleam]

[he takes a seat, but after a moment of concern, he gives it some honest thought. it isn't difficult to imagine.]

...Hope.

[...]

Why do you ask?

[unsaid]

... fufu, yes. I can see that clearly.

[softly, and with some measure of fondness]

... I imagine you would not feel like yourself, if that were to be taken from you.

[agleam]

No. I wouldn't have anything left if that was gone.

[after a moment, he catches his meaning, eyes widening slightly.]

Wait - did they take something that important away from you?

[unsaid]

[there is just a nod at that]

Though I am fortunate that more of me is left... it is nonetheless disorienting.

[agleam]

[he sounds just as concerned as he continues on.]

What was it? And - wait, does that mean it hasn't come back yet?

[unsaid]

Not as of yet...

[ . . . he tilts his head and seems thoughtful.]

... I have lost my desire to ensure that each of you are safe.

[for the core of mikazuki munechika's person is always that there is something he seeks to protect]

[agleam]

[it makes sense, he thinks - that kind of desire, for sometime as kind as mikazuki.]

...We'll get it back. We'll figure it out, no matter what.