week 3; Friday (Hikage)

[discardia]

[ Well, here's a pretty typical sight.

Namely, here's Cardia, sitting somewhere, hands neatly folded in her lap and staring down at them like she absolutely wishes she could take a nap.

This damn week. ]

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[discardia]

[ ... ]

Don't be. I'm still a cursed existence. I wouldn't wish that on anyone.

... I'm sorry, that you've suffered, and you've had to watch suffering, but please...

Don't say something like that.

[psychedelica]

How can you say that when you've only been around for two years? You barely know what it means to exist yet.

[ it sounds weirdly optimistic, coming from Hikage, but he doesn't intend it as compassion or encouragement; it's simply his usual hard practicality. ]

Even if you're not human, everyone likes you. You'll probably be fine.

[discardia]

... If my poison comes back, I'm not entirely sure that will last. No one's seen it for themselves.

[psychedelica]

I don't think it'll come back unless you ask for it, Cardia.

[discardia]

I... can't imagine a situation where I'd ask for it.

[psychedelica]

So don't.

[ he crosses his arms. it seems like an easy problem to solve, to him - of course, he's never known her with her poison. ]

All you have to do is survive. Then you can live a normal life... Well, I don't know what your life will be like, but I think you can do it.

[ it's ironic, how easily he can say this to her when he can't convince himself of the same ]