SHINOBU KOCHO, you told me this is a good girl

[malewife]

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[wisterin]

[ ""entertainment""

she doesn't understand how fables and stories factor in. world mechanics take some time to process, but she can tell this means it only got worse. ]

But you're determined, aren't you?

[ if he has already left all those other worlds. abandoned them. ]

[malewife]

[ thumbs up in weird world mechanics. ]

... I should be. [ That is who he is, he thinks. ] I have never settled.

[ Stubborn, in a different way. ]

You wouldn't, either. Would you?

[wisterin]

I hope you can save him. I don't know what he did for him to have to be saved, but... I hope you can get through to him.

[ stupid kim dokja.

but before she can answer his, stardust answers him for her. (cw: blood) ]

[malewife]

In the end, it's sacrifice and atonement.

[ But he doesn't elaborate, not when this memory takes them. He goes quiet as he watches this struggling battle. ]

Did you kill them?

[wisterin]

What is the atonement for?

[ he may not elaborate, but she can still ask. ]

He is dead. With certainty.

[malewife]

... It is complicated. [ ORV IS COMPLICATED ] But he believes all of the tragedies placed upon me and our companions was caused by him.

Good. You also survived?

[wisterin]

... Is he right, or is that how little he thinks of himself?

[ or is it both?

all shinobu does is smile in answer to his question. ]

[malewife]

... From my observation, both are true.

[ ... And he stares at her because he didn't receive an answer? ]

[wisterin]

If I ask how he caused it all, is that something I should ask him instead of you?

[ she continues to smile.

he doesn't use his words that often. does she have to? ]

[malewife]

[ It is because he is deciding if he wants to ask or not. ]

If you want to ask someone about their "sin," then that is your decision. I personally think it is ridiculous... In the end, he is a part of our group.

That is where he belongs.

[ Grumpy. Anyway, he has decided. ]

Did you do all you wish you could do?

[wisterin]

As long as someone is part of your group, you would forgive them anything?

[ in a way, that makes him much sweeter than anticipated. and perhaps sweeter than she is. ]

I did everything I had the ability to do. I helped in the death I wanted most of all.

[ it was not quite in the way she wanted, but she can be content with it. of course, if she could have beheaded that demon personally, it would have been everything to her, but she can't help what her body physically can't do even after mastering Total Concentration Breathing (which doesn't make sense to me, ara, btw). ]

And I helped ensure a path for my comrades for the future I wanted.

[malewife]

I said nothing about forgiveness.

[ Does this make him less sweet? Each sacrifice leaves an unhealable wound, no matter how noble or righteous. Me, just here nodding because i also don't understand. ]

Are you at peace with that?

[wisterin]

You would accept him without forgiveness?

[ that's messy. no wonder your relationship is a drug. ]

I am. I knew what could happen.

[ it went as she thought it would. ]

[malewife]

... If we didn't, he would find a way to get into more trouble.

[ YEAH IT'S MESSY. ]

I find it hard to accept.