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[sictransitgloriamundi]

I can. [a shrug] Neutral is easy. I don't feel very strongly about most things. [...] Most people.

[saltwaterlungs]

[ Nods. She can make an educated guess as to who that 'most people' excludes. Because again, they are very unsubtle about each other.

Darcy sits herself up properly again, casting a glance over the rest of the ship. ]

For what it's worth, I do hope you prove me wrong about you.

[sictransitgloriamundi]

... I'm honestly not sure what that would even look like. I can't kill the parts of me that others find disagreeable. Not anymore. [starts fiddling with sleeve] What else is there.

[saltwaterlungs]

[ Shrugs. If anything the fact he's willing to talk like this at all is doing a lot to help. The elusive deeper parts of him that aren't just concentrated essence of bitch. ]

I don't know. But I don't think anyone can kill parts of themselves. Not properly. I just think we can... make choices to act differently. I don't know what it would look like for you. But... it would be nice to not have to worry about Skully so much all the time.

[sictransitgloriamundi]

[glances over at her, frowning.]

Whyever would you be worried about him?

[saltwaterlungs]

Because if he's wrong and he gets hurt, there's nothing I can do about it. Of course I'm going to worry.

[sictransitgloriamundi]

Oh.

[silence.

at length:]

I love him. [...] I don't know what it means. But I do.

[saltwaterlungs]

[ A small, quiet sigh. ]

So do I.

I wish it was enough to guarantee you aren't going to hurt him.

[ And she fiddles with her own sleeve. ]

[sictransitgloriamundi]

What would be enough, then? Whatever it is, I'll do it.

[he doesn't. sound like he's joking?]

[saltwaterlungs]

[ She sits and thinks about that for a while, her brow scrunched. ]

I don't know if there is. If someone cares about you, you can hurt them. Because you know so much about them and everything. Like- even if I had a way to hurt you in case you did... what then? You die and we all die.

[ Darcy hugs her knees to her chest. ]

I don't know. I don't think caring about people gets to be uncomplicated or easy.

[sictransitgloriamundi]

Huh.

[a quiet pause]

... I can't ever let any of you go. You know that, right. It would all be over in minutes, at best.

[saltwaterlungs]

He already told me. It's why I didn't bring it up.

[ Even if she ultimately disagrees with it, still wants to find a way to get everyone out. ]

Doesn't mean I like it, but I know.

[sictransitgloriamundi]

The only way any of this even works...

[a sigh]

Other entities didn't ignore Miss Storm because they didn't actually care. They didn't listen because we're shielded from their senses. They can't hear me.

[saltwaterlungs]

I wondered if you were lying about that.

[ Hoped, really. ]

So... do you have a plan beyond hoping nobody finds you forever?

[sictransitgloriamundi]

... No.

[saltwaterlungs]

Didn't think so.

[ Blows a breath out, catching a long strand of hair in it. ]

Mais, we'll think of something. There has to be some way we can make this work for all of us. For people to stop dying, for the dead to get their peace, for you to get out of this. I have to believe that.

[sictransitgloriamundi]

[frowns]

Why do you all care so much about what happens to the dead? They're worthless.

[saltwaterlungs]

Ouch, [ And ouch for Skulduggery there too. ]

I mean, aside from my oath, it's like. Circle of life shit. I'm only where I am because of a whole bunch of dead people I never got to meet trying to make shit better for me. Not just my family, but my fencing teacher's teachers, people who came before my in my faith, everyone else. I owe them.

[sictransitgloriamundi]

[he means his dead people and she knows it.]

No one owes anyone anything. You owe the shades here even less than that.

[saltwaterlungs]

You mean the shades here that include my friends? People I cared about? Those shades? Fuck- with how long you've been doing this, there's every chance you've had every member of my family here individually. That's just statistics.

[ Eyeroll. He sure is good at proving her right. He doesn't care about anyone if it doesn't benefit him. ]

I know what I owe them. You're not convincing me otherwise dude.

[sictransitgloriamundi]

[a short sigh] Mourning the dead. One of the more useless human affectations.

[saltwaterlungs]

Says the fucker who's never lost someone he cares about.

[ Stands herself back up again and takes her book, not bothering to mark the page. ]

We're done here.

[sictransitgloriamundi]

[no reply. he simply continues to sit there, expressionless, staring at her unblinkingly.]

[saltwaterlungs]

[ No parting barb as she drops back down off the roof. She's more than had her fill of him and his cold smug superiority. Same as it has always been. ]