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Who: Lyvus and visitors
Where: Lyvress
When: Day 295, post-game
What: after game cuddlepile

[Four revived-but-not-completely-healed Corvi and a bitten-but-not-bleeding survived Lynx coming back from the Arena. Everything is terrible and everything hurts, but at least we got memories.]

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[Just more silence.]

Dagger... you not talking with me will hurt me much more than a stabbing wound, or even the bite marks.

If you need your space, I will respect that. But I meant it when I said I was grateful. It if had worked, it would have put me out of my misery. That you were willing to do something like that for me, no matter how painful it would have been for you... I really am touched by it.

Don't! Don't make it out as something good, I don't want to have someone's gratitude for something like that.

This is how I feel, Dagger. You can disagree with me, but you can't change it.

It's messed up.

Am I supposed to get angry at you and yell and say I hate you? Because you tried to put me out of my misery? You were trying to save me.

I should have-

There's a lot of things I should have done differently. I'm sorry. I'm really so so sorry.

Dagger...

You don't have to apologize. But if you want someone to accept these, then I will. I want you to understand, though. I will never think— not even for a moment, that you failed me. And no matter what happens, I'll never stop loving you as my brother. I'm not the sort of person who makes such strong ties so easily... so when I say you're my precious little brother, I really mean it. That's why I will never look at you with hate in my eyes.

At the time, you took the decisions that were best given our situation. I truly believe this, because I believe in you.

[No answer this time again, but if you listen carefully there are some very muffled sobs.]

Can you let me in...?

It's not like it's locked.

[getting up, and he opens the door. As soon as he's in, he's going to walk to Dagger and hug him]

[Letting him, but not doing anything to return it.]

You're too strange.

Is that bad...?

No.

Then it's all right, isn't it?

[H-hahaha aside from a certain talk with Lelouch... Not going to say anything.]

[breaking away from the hug, but he still has his hands on Dagger's shoulders]

Do you want to sleep downstairs with everyone like last time...? We can have Lynx take care of the mattresses.

If you'll let me...?

Why wouldn't we...?

Dagger, no one is mad at you. What I said earlier, about loving you and believing in you— and how I wouldn't be able to hate you, too. It applies to everyone here.

[. . .]

I'll come down.

All right. Then I'll make sure to ask the others for help.

[and he hugs him again, before letting him go]

Dagger...?

What...?

[Going to try to get to his feet again, in that case.]

[moving a hand over his own chest, close to the heart]

If something hurts you, talking about it can help. I know talking is especially hard sometimes, but... if you need someone to hold your hand, I'll take it. I'm here— we all are here for you. That goes double for when we just got out of a bad game.

[Just stares at him, also isn't that close to the stab wound? :x]

It's not like talking will change anything.