pc catchall for tsurumaru.

[agleam]

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[preowned]

It seems so.

[ he glances at the other doors. ]

They are likely not much better.

[agleam]

No, I'd guess not.

[he mutters something under his breath, before he takes another breath and calms down a fraction.]

...At least it gives us more of an idea of what they're looking for.

[preowned]

It is not a good sign for what might be in store for us.

[ it's the first week!

he sighs. ]

... who is Cecily?

[agleam]

...She was a close friend of mine.

[it's quiet, before he remembers - he was busy being angry and distressed, but he wasn't the only one who saw something awful.]

What about you? You got bit... And you said you saw somebody else in there?

[preowned]

I'm okay.

[ he glances at his arm. ]

I saw Aruji. [ ... ] My current master.

[agleam]

Your... Oh, that's right. Mikazuki told me about the sword thing.

[...]

I'm sorry you had to see something like that.

[preowned]

At least it's happening early. Prepare ourselves, remember?

[ it's better than the first week being rainbows and sunshine before getting hit with murder ]

[agleam]

I'm not trying to say it's a bad thing to know what's going on, but...

[...]

Sometimes that doesn't make it any easier to see.

[preowned]

... right. Even when you know it isn't real, the emotions it makes you feel still are, right?

[ he looks back at the door. ]

Hearts are pretty frustrating for that.

[agleam]

...Yeah.

[after a pause:]

Do you want to talk about it?

[preowned]

[ okay that just makes him laugh ]

Not really.

[agleam]

[not what he expected, but that's fair!!]

...Okay. We don't have to.

[preowned]

... sorry. I am not sure how interesting of a conversation it would be.

I'm still learning what it means to feel these things, I think, so I am not sure what to do with it.

[agleam]

[after a moment:]

Well... I wasn't really concerned about how interesting it would be. It was more like, I wanted to make sure you were okay?

[preowned]

You're being kind again.

[ it's weirdly sweet. ]

... I will be okay. Every day is a learning experience, right? I'm simply catching up to things you have felt your entire life.

[agleam]

Well... It's pretty important to me, and it's not really hard to do.

[he nods at the next part, though.]

Sounds a little overwhelming, but - I bet it's nice, too. I mean, new experiences, new feelings, that kind of thing. Maybe not nice in this specific case, but...

[preowned]

It is. I get rather excited when I get to experience something new.

[ a pause ]

Spicy food was a great one...

[agleam]

Oh, that definitely must have been surprising if you'd never had it before.

[preowned]

Yeah! It was great how my mouth was on fire.

[agleam]

[he laughs]

So you like every new experience, then. Got it.

[except being killed by a bear probably but he's not here to make this dark!!]

[preowned]

If there is one good thing from these places, it's that I get to spend a lot more time with humans than I would normally.

[agleam]

[he looks surprised.]

Oh, do you and Mikazuki normally not get to?

[preowned]

Only when we are sent on missions, and even then we're really not supposed to socialize... If we do, it usually means something is going horribly wrong.

[agleam]

Why's that? Isn't it a good thing to get to know people? I mean, if you're on a mission I guess you're supposed to be focused on that, but still!

[preowned]

Our missions involve traveling back in time. I guess the simplest explanation is... there is a group who is trying to change history, so we have to make sure the flow of time remains the same. We have to be careful with how we interact with the people in that time or we might end up making a mess.

[ a mess is always made. ]