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It's Ritsuka! I've either fallen asleep or couldn't find my phone in time, so leave a message.
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It's Ritsuka! I've either fallen asleep or couldn't find my phone in time, so leave a message.
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It's Ritsuka! I've either fallen asleep or couldn't find my phone in time, so leave a message.
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I don't want to be creative right now, Da Vinci-chan... I'm too tired for creative. This isn't something where I can throw myself off a roof and it works out.
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[ She shifts, if just to free up her arm to rub Ritsuka's back soothingly. She can still lean. ]
Speak to them as your friend, before anyone else. Not as Saturn's [ grimace ] potential girlfriend having some kind of tentative truce with another of his partners, but as Ritsuka, the girl who's friends with Mysterious Individual. Your strength is that you're Ritsuka. Use it.
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It doesn't really feel like a strength or anything right now. I have no idea what I'm doing.
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What do you want to do, Ritsuka? Strip off the "ifs" and "buts". What's left?
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I want to live.
[ But that's more than just the actual physical act of it, too; she's known that since the first time she screamed it at the end of the world, when it had been only her and the Beast of Pity. ]
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[ Gently, leaning over to kiss the top of her head. ]
Then live. Live as hard as you can. With everything that comes along with it.
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Is it really okay?
[ It's a silly question, and she knows it, but it still feels vitally important in a way she can't articulate. Is it okay to ask for things for herself, in spite of everything else she needs to do? ]
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[ She smiles, softly. ]
Yes. It's really okay. And when have I ever lied to you?
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But that's okay.
[ Because where and when it matters, Ritsuka trusts her wholeheartedly. ]
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[ she says this dryly but fondly. ]
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[ She's not in any hurry to straighten from leaning on Da Vinci just yet, though. ]
I want to at least sleep on it. Be my best self for whatever happens next.
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...What about you? Are you--I saw you got a gold star, but I really dunno where they got the idea you were dangerous...
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[ She's both surprised and not, considering that. ]
...is this what you meant, when you said there was stuff you couldn't avoid, either?
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[ It's out of her hands now. Which is almost a relief. ]
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So like, things that I should be careful of? Or do I need to get a shovel?
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[ There's a pause, and then: ]
I know you'll be fine whatever happens, but... if you can take the option that makes you happy, Da Vinci-chan, I want you to also go for it.
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Whatever makes them both happy will make me the happiest.
[ A pause of her own, and then she laughs. ]
That's between us, though. Saying things like that isn't good for the prideful rep.
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[ She puts a finger to her lips, grinning. ]
...But I'll hope for the best outcome, whatever that ends up being.
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