lili.

[nonbelligerent]

Comments

[nonbelligerent]

That's admirable. It's easy to act when your authority is absolute, but less so from a weaker position.

[coastal]

[there's a pause because stop calling her admirable she doesn't know how to feel about it]

... someone once told me that even though she's weak, she'll never bow her head to unjust people in power.

[she sounds fond.... lili is gay]

I guess... I just wanted to live like that too.

[nonbelligerent]

[no!! besides, this is all rather interesting to hear. namely because they're sentiments that would and could absolutely not exist in sura society.]

She sounds like a very strong person.

[coastal]

She is.

[dammit, that much manages to get lili to smile and i hate it]

She's the strongest person that I know - and helps a great number of people.

[and lili wanted so very much to be like her....]

[nonbelligerent]

[hehe]

How did you meet, if you don't mind me asking?

[coastal]

[ . . . . . . ]

A certain series of circumstances and reasons.

[nonbelligerent]

[...]

In other words, you'd rather not explain. I understand.

[coastal]

The exact circumstance is not important...

But after that, she just helped me out a lot.

[nonbelligerent]

Then, she's a friend of yours.

[coastal]

She is.

[an easy answer, coupled with another smile]

My dearest friend in the world.

[her only friend?

whatever]

I almost wish she was here - but I have to learn to do things on my own sometime.

[nonbelligerent]

You can impress her with what you've achieved here when you return.

[coastal]

Mm - of course I will.

[ . . . ]

That does mean I have to start achieving things here. Soon, hopefully.

[nonbelligerent]

Nothing keeps you still for long, does it?

[coastal]

There's too many people suffering here for me to sit around.

[people are upset and away from their loved ones - it's not dire yet, but it could be. and so lili feels the need to fix it]

[nonbelligerent]

[heh.]

Even in spite of your general dislike towards people?

[coastal]

As long as they're not a danger to anyone, it's not like I'd wish danger upon them.

Isn't that human decency?

[







wait]

Oh. You're not human.

Fine, then I'm telling you it's human decency.

[nonbelligerent]

[he smiles a little.]

Humans' willingness to value one another's life is among the things I like about your kind.

[coastal]

[ . . . . uh.]

So then - what are you?

[lili you can't just

ask people what they are]

[nonbelligerent]

I doubt you've heard of the name, if we're not from the same world.

[coastal]

Do you get tired of saying it often? Have you already had to explain it to thirty other people?

If not, I don't really care whether or not I'm familiar with it. You still are what you are, and I still want to know.

[nonbelligerent]

[no, that's his tablet. he's definitely had to explain that one over and over again.

...]

Sura.

[coastal]

[a tilt of her head]

What makes you different from humans?

[nonbelligerent]

Quite a bit. To begin with, you've read my scroll, right?

[it kind of tipped off the obvious difference.]

[coastal]

You're very old.

[say something else]

[nonbelligerent]

There is that.