virid

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💀 I don't even know why I'm bothering to make this a catchall

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[...

he looks up in surprise, scoffing.]

Are you really asking me that?

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Yes? They fought you.

[Isn't it only right to ask something like that?]

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... Did you hit your head somewhere?

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No.

[A long silence, while he looks at him.]

I'm sorry. You think for someone to wonder if you're all right, they must have hit their head. You must have had some cruel people around you.

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[... well, he doesn't say anything in response to that, instead looking away.]

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[Cervantes was right after all - he's the kind of person no one ever taught not to kill, isn't he?

In that case, it doesn't seem right to feel anger towards him. He just feels sad.]

I think your life must have been very different from mine.

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Are you pitying me?

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[A little bit, yes. What are you going to do about it?]

I do feel sorry for you. Even if you regret it later, it's too late to take back what you did.

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I'm not going to regret it. I'm going to die, so there's no point in that.

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That's worse.

[And because he did care about both of them, Hajime and Pikachu, he adds.]

You should regret it. They were people, too. But you should have the opportunity to learn that.

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[why should he care about the value of others' lives when his own has never been treated as a whole being?]

Well, too late for that.

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I'm going to try to help.

[He doesn't really say that as a shonen boast - he's not confident enough for that. Just calmly explaining.]

I don't know if I would be able to do any good, but I want to try. But if I did succeed, you'll have to live with what you've done.

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["regret" is not really in virid's dictionary. sorry, mob.]

The world doesn't change just from "trying".

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I know that. But trying is the only thing I can do.

[It's fine. He doesn't really think he can teach Virid to regret what he's done in one night. But trying is the only thing he can do.]

Do you want to talk about your wish?

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Would it make a difference?

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It might be nice to have somebody to talk to about that. It must have been important to you.

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Not really.

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I won't try to make you. I came here for selfish reasons, after all. But I did have one question.

[. . . ]

Why did you give Yona-san flowers?

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[?]

Because she helped me earlier when she didn't have to.

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Oh.

[And he breaks out into a smile at that? Why.]

So you really did do it to be kind to her.

[favourable]

[...

what the fuck is that reaction.]

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Thank goodness. I was right. The side of you who gave her those flowers was just a different side.

[favourable]

... What? What are you talking about?

[where the heck is this coming from.]

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Didn't it make you happy, to make her happy?

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What does that have to do with anything?

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If it made you happy, then that means you already know. That being kind to other people is the thing that matters most.