kara.

[nonbelligerent]

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[nonbelligerent]

Like a reunion, then? That sounds nice. Is Tsurumaru one of them?

[unfriendliest]

Tsurumaru had many owners, before coming to the citadel.

...But yeah, he served my masters too, for a while.

[nonbelligerent]

No wonder he seems fond of you.

[unfriendliest]

It would be harder to find someone he doesn't like.

[nonbelligerent]

Maybe. But I don't doubt that he would value you above them.

[unfriendliest]

[ the funny thing is what... while kara knows that? he never did really figure out how he feels about it. having a heart is so frustrating. ]

...Maybe. But he would also be one of the first to cut me down, if I stood in the way of the mission.

[nonbelligerent]

If you had that mutual understanding, then it's fine, isn't it?

[the sura way of thinking is pretty similar, so shess doesn't bat an eye at that.]

[unfriendliest]

[ kara... doesn't know? ]

It's easier to fight alone.

[nonbelligerent]

Have allies never been useful when you're in a bind?

But you're not wrong that it's better to assume you'll be on your own, when it matters, rather than that others will help you.

[unfriendliest]

Sometimes.

[ he'll allow that much, at least. ]

...I don't like that they keep telling us to rely on each other here. It won't matter much in the end, if only one of us is left.

[nonbelligerent]

Part of it is for practical purposes. The better we understand each other, the easier it is to find the corrupted.

And Lune, at least, didn't initially believe it would come down to one survivor. As he still doesn't, I doubt he'll stop saying it.

[unfriendliest]

I don't think it's possible to know someone that well in so short a time. It's only been a few weeks.

[ and if anyone's discovered who is corrupted before a trial, they haven't spoken up. ]

...Lune would say that even if he did believe it.

[nonbelligerent]

Maybe. Some people are more open than others, while others are private, so it may depend.

[ha...]

Yes, it does seem that way. Well, I suppose it's endearing.

[unfriendliest]

Whether or not you're right, no one's stepped forward about that yet. Until they do, we can assume no one can tell, before we find evidence against someone.

[ frustrating... though it seems they've caught most of the corrupted so far - at least the ones that they know of. so that's something, he supposes. ]

It's annoying.

[nonbelligerent]

And yet you still talk to him?

[unfriendliest]

...Sometimes, but that's not all we talk about. He knows I don't care for most of his lectures, anyway.

[ what are you getting at shess ]

[nonbelligerent]

[nothing!!]

You two seem to know each other well.

[unfriendliest]

He... reminds me of someone from home. That's all.

[nonbelligerent]

He speaks highly of you.

[unfriendliest]

[ he stiffens a little. lune, you fucker, don't talk about him when he's not around. ]

Probably because I made him manju.

[nonbelligerent]

I think it's a little more than that. I don't go around praising you for making me food, after all.

Though it is very good and I appreciate it.

[pops another mochi into his mouth.]

[unfriendliest]

Some people are easily bribed.

[ he'd told sol that lune was one of them and he stands by it! ]

[nonbelligerent]

Do you have a lot of experience with that? Perhaps you should be trying it with more people here, then.

[unfriendliest]

[ well, ]

I already do the cooking. And most of them don't like me, so I doubt they'd take any sort of bribe I tried to give them outside of that.

[nonbelligerent]

I think you'll find that more people don't mind you than you think, but I suppose it means nothing to you either way.

[given that kara's made his feelings on the matter clear.]

Though I am a little surprised that you'd go to the effort of cooking for others when you don't care for them.