[ Mafuyu is busy sucking faces with Arven, so, no? ]
I kind of get it. Being here means she's had a chance to control her life completely... and I can't blame her for picking you to be an important part of it.
[ Eli... trying hard not to turn his head entirely Soujuurou's way. Trying so hard. He manages it, and then, after a surprised blink, he snaps his gaze fully back to Celeste. ]
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But, okay, no, this is. Fine.]
I... didn't know she felt so strongly... or that coming here was so important to her that it would appear like this.
[He knew it was important, sure, but. Palace-Final-Memory-Important?]
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I kind of get it. Being here means she's had a chance to control her life completely... and I can't blame her for picking you to be an important part of it.
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...It does, doesn't it. But you're biased.
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[...How many people are seeing through him now????]
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Celeste. You haven't been mean to a single person here this entire time. [ Wait, scratch that. ] Not counting Shadows...
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And how would one play this little game without being nice? That... does not mean it is always genuine.
[He is very good at playing the 'pleasant but distant' card, Eli. Just because some of you have skittered over his walls like spiders--]
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[ Do it, Celeste. Prove him wrong. ]
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But the guy's Right There, so he'll just kind of incline his head toward and make a pointed glance in Soujuurou's direction.]
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Aw, come on. That doesn't count. He's a weirdo.
[ Eli. ]
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Who may decide to kill us.
[Them, specifically, not the whole assemblage of Chosen, but. That kind of makes it worse.]
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[ He wisely chooses not to look that way again. ]
Shit. I'm not even being quiet about my condition anymore, either.
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[He was before, you know, them, but it's really just gotten worse afterwards.]
Best to feign pleasantries in that case, no?
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...right. I'll try to keep my growling to myself and all.
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[All things considered! Welcome to the cagey bitch conglomerate, Eli--]