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[boundbydevotion]

Who: Delpavo
Where: Starting at the Delphinus dining table
When: Day 211, morning
What: 8'(

[Link found a letter on the table.]

Comments

Re: [Cygnus visiting]

[boundbydevotion]

[nods] Pavo tends to enjoy always having something to tinker with...

[sigh] Miss Kohaku, I don't want you to blame yourself for Shiki going, directly or indirectly. There's no reason for you to think so.

Re: [Cygnus visiting]

[maid_to_forget.insanejournal.com]

... [nods, after a moment]

I guess she got tired of waiting for Mikiya after all that time...

Re: [Cygnus visiting]

[boundbydevotion]

It can be difficult to wait... But in her letter she said she would return, and it is not unheard of, so there is the hope of that, at least.

Re: [Cygnus visiting]

[maid_to_forget.insanejournal.com]

That's true.

Can I ask you a question? You don't have to answer if you don't want to.

Re: [Cygnus visiting]

[boundbydevotion]

All right.

Re: [Cygnus visiting]

[maid_to_forget.insanejournal.com]

Is there anyone else from the world you knew before Sabra here now?

Re: [Cygnus visiting]

[boundbydevotion]

Honestly there are quite a few. Miss Miranda on Pyxis, Allen Walker on Lacerta, Red on Cepheus, Guillotine on Hydra...

Re: [Cygnus visiting]

[maid_to_forget.insanejournal.com]

...Really?

That's much more than I expected! They were all your friends?

Re: [Cygnus visiting]

[boundbydevotion]

Not most of them... We worked for the same organization.

Re: [Cygnus visiting]

[maid_to_forget.insanejournal.com]

I see... so maybe "comrades" is a better word.

Re: [Cygnus visiting]

[boundbydevotion]

[nods] I wasn't particularly close with most of them, though here I suppose we have the shared experience of all this...

Re: [Cygnus visiting]

[maid_to_forget.insanejournal.com]

[nods]

...I should reveal where I was going with that question.

For a time, Shiki and I thought we knew each other before Sabra.

Re: [Cygnus visiting]

[boundbydevotion]

Ah... You're certain that isn't the case now?

Re: [Cygnus visiting]

[maid_to_forget.insanejournal.com]

[nods] There was really only one memory we had that was similar-- and it was contradicted eventually. But even if it was a false connection, I felt close to Shiki. ...Maybe that was just me being selfish.

Re: [Cygnus visiting]

[maid_to_forget.insanejournal.com]

[...expression suddenly saddens, a bit]

...Maybe I was just looking for a friend beyond my team and partner team.

Re: [Cygnus visiting]

[boundbydevotion]

It isn't false if you honestly care for her. And I don't think it's bad to have a friend like that.

Re: [Cygnus visiting]

[maid_to_forget.insanejournal.com]

... [nods, smiles again]

Um... I'm sorry if this sounds sudden but-- [pauses]

...Would you care to be friends, Link?

Re: [Cygnus visiting]

[boundbydevotion]

Ah--[surprised...] I wouldn't mind that at all... Though I'm afraid at the moment I may not be the most cheerful of company.

Re: [Cygnus visiting]

[maid_to_forget.insanejournal.com]

I understand. I don't want to make it sound like I'm looking for a 'replacement' for Shiki either, but it occurred to me "Link has always seemed kind. And Cygnus has always got along well with Delphinus and Pavo so I can't think of a reason against it..."

Re: [Cygnus visiting]

[boundbydevotion]

[a bit flustered now...]

I'm glad you think so well of me, though I'm not sure I've done anything to have really earned it...

Re: [Cygnus visiting]

[maid_to_forget.insanejournal.com]

In all fairness, that may be true... but I thought that you offered to meet us after that rapping game was very nice.

Re: [Cygnus visiting]

[boundbydevotion]

A-ah, that game... I hope you know I didn't mean even half of what I was saying in those verses...

Re: [Cygnus visiting]

[maid_to_forget.insanejournal.com]

Oh, of course! I didn't mean any of what I said either.