lili.

[nonbelligerent]

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[coastal]

... I can't. I won't allow this place to break me.

[unfortunate.

but also.]

... but I can't do the same next week. It's a small act of rebellion and... if I'm removed from the game, it puts Kaoru at risk.

[nonbelligerent]

Perhaps that is the real reason we are tied to one another.

[coastal]

... I'd tie him to someone else if I could.

[if it'd keep him safe but.

she can't.]

[nonbelligerent]

Even if you could, it would only encourage others to do the same.

[coastal]

[ . . . ]

So what am I supposed to do?

Wait? Frustrated?

[nonbelligerent]

What do you feel like you should be doing?

[coastal]

Planning. Escaping. Helping - anything.

[and yet here she is, dazed and lost and not sure where to start]

[nonbelligerent]

[...]

Did you come here to practice your weaponry?

[coastal]

That was my intention...

[not that she's carried it out yet]

[nonbelligerent]

I'll spar with you, then. You'll learn better against an opponent, right?

[coastal]

[ . . . ]

Then go attend to the other people you're worried about first.

I'll wait.

[she doesn't like when shess offers to spend time with her out of the blue, it's weird. she knows he's busy, damn]

[nonbelligerent]

Don't worry, I already prioritized accordingly. You're not taking up anyone else's time.

[coastal]

... did you already know what I was going to say.....

[nonbelligerent]

Nothing so intelligent. I simply had confidence in you.

[coastal]

I don't think I like what that means either.

[it sounds EMBARRASSING]

[nonbelligerent]

You're very hard to please.

[coastal]

I've been told that.

[ . . . ]

Then if you really have nothing better to do, that's fine.

How well can you fight anyway...?

[nonbelligerent]

Should I feel offended that you think I survived all these years on sheer luck?

[coastal]

I don't like to think of you in danger in general.

[she's still mad about that TOO

just ADD TO THE LIST OF THINGS SHE'S MAD ABOUT, SHESS]

[nonbelligerent]

Lili, I assure you that I would not be sent on any tasks if I wasn't capable of handling myself.

[coastal]

You nearly got obliterated in one because some stupid moron was having a fit and you were sent to deal with a temper tantrum!

[IS THAT NOT WHAT HAPPENED, THAT'S WHAT LILI HEARD]

[nonbelligerent]

He wasn't having a fit yet. I was sent to preemptively stop one.

Which means that things were settled without issue, and at no point did he try to kill me.

[coastal]

But it could've happened.

Someone sent you because they didn't care if anything happened to you [damn, cushion your words a little, lili] and I hate that.

I'm sure you can handle yourself - but I'm mad that you have to.

[nonbelligerent]

[well, not unfair? hanuman's pretty decent as far as sura are concerned (see: actually giving a shit if a planet blew up) but shess in no way expects a sura from another clan to care if he lives. for that matter, he doesn't really expect sura from his own clan to care either.]

Are you suggesting I withdraw from everything and live in isolation so that I can stay safe?

[coastal]

No, I suggest you surround with people who care more about your well-being so you don't get so defensive every time I do.

[TO BE HONESST!!!!!]