ESTELLE, imouto no vesperia

[malewife]

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[malewife]

[ That is not what he meant, but she can take it as that. ]

My full name, any iteration using "mister" or "sir", or "Joonghyuk-ssi." [ help ] There are a handful that are familiar... Each week we went to a different location, sometimes different worlds.

[ He picks up Cittàgazze, Krankaz, and Otamo. ]

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[She nods! Then she looks at the brochures, and there's a look of recognition in her eyes.]

Wait, I've heard of that one... [She's looking at Cittàgazze.] Kaeya told me about it.

[And her gaze turns to Niah.] Does that mean your companion here is...?

[malewife]

[ Him thinking he has been hearing about Kaeya from a lot of people. ]

He's my daemon.

[ Niah tilts his head. ]

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[She gives Niah a smile!]

... Oh, and if you were there... Did you know Yuri?

[malewife]

Yuri Lowell. Yes, I did.

[ Hm. ]

He's a friend of yours?

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Yes! From home -- we traveled together for some time. He's one of my closest friends!

[malewife]

[ ... ]

Do you want to hear some stories about him? During his time in my round.

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[Her eyes light up immediately.]

You don't mind?

[malewife]

... Sometimes stories is what keeps us company.

[ He's thinking. ]

With the angels, our form of staff were the Watchers and we gained favor through tasks. I had asked him to help me.

[ He coughs, but he covers his mouth. ]

We set up a booth.

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What kind of booth?

[malewife]

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A booth where we assigned people Twink, Twunk, or Bear.

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What are... twinks? Twunks?

[She thinks she knows what a bear is

but she doesn't.]

[malewife]

[ oh god he regrets telling her this story about yuri ]

As examples, Sebastian Debeste is a twink and Cloud Strife is a twunk.

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Which one are you?

[malewife]

Yuri Lowell was also unfamiliar with the terms, so I had to write him a rubric.

[ MOVES ON ]

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[ what? ... ]

It sounds like it was fun, anyway!

[malewife]

... He seemed to enjoy himself and kept insisting to assign me as well. I couldn't escape.

Was he always that stubborn?

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Absolutely, yes.

-- Wait, so you did get assigned something!

[malewife]

[ HER BEING LIKE YES!! ABSOLUTELY! Like it's a good thing is so funny.

oh no the assignment. ]

... Yes. I told him he could after he did twenty assessments.

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Hehe. I'm sure that got him working hard.

[malewife]

He seem enthused for someone who only learned the terms that day.

[ Thinking some more. ]

... And he survived to the end.

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[Her smile softens at that.]

... It's hard to imagine him doing anything else, but... I'm glad.

He was always someone I could rely on, no matter what. Sometimes I wish he could be here too, even though that's terrible...

[malewife]

... He would have been a good addition. Reasonable and oddly diplomatic despite his penchant for shenanigans.

[ He looks down at her. ]

You will be all right?

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[She looks up to meet his eyes.]

... Yes.

I always knew I couldn't rely on him forever. At some point, I have to stand on my own two feet.

And... maybe I can be someone people can rely on, too.

[malewife]

[ Wow. Sounds like siblings! ]

How do you plan to do that? To make people rely on you.