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[nilhilistic]

[ rafal turns on the feed, looking deeply irritated. so really, no different from his usual expression. ]

It appears I have been sentenced for destroying a person's door. Which, in my defense, was entirely deserved due to their appalling lack of manners and generousity.

[ and they denied him his candy. rude. ]

And as such I have been tasked with . . . bonds. Specifically the strengthening of them, physically, or creating new bonds.

What does this entail? I require clarification. I wish to get this over with.

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[nilhilistic]

[ he is still hiding his true feelings. still not comfortable with vulnerability. and there is a lot of damage he has to undo. with the world. with himself. ]

Exactly. And some feelings do not come as easily to me as they do with others.

[entreats]

Must be lucky.

[ Some people might say the opposite, and Ange knows it. But from her own perspective, and perhaps partially because of their shared fate in this sense, she can't help but view it this way.

After all-- ]

Emotions can be so bothersome most of the time. They really get in the way.

[nilhilistic]

[ hmm. ]

In the way of what?

[entreats]

Doing what you need to do, of course. It gets really hard to do anything if you get too sad. That's the sort of thing that just makes people want to give up.

[ Granted, she doesn't know if he's ever felt that way, considering he's a dragon and all, but-- who knows. And otherwise she's just highlighting the human perspective here.

Because being a human sucks. ]

[nilhilistic]

I suppose it can be seen that way. Especially in regards to a goal.

But human emotion is powerful. It can do more than you realize.

[entreats]

[ There's a slight pause.

Ange thinks about all of this, the bridge of her nose wrinkling a little. ]

What do you mean? Have you ever seen something happen because of human emotion?

[nilhilistic]

Yes. Many things.

My power is to revive the dead. Some remain mindless. Empty. But if you hold onto your feelings . . . they will come through.

Human emotion decides fate. Ends wars. Forges peace. It changes the land as we know it.

[entreats]

Human emotions has never solved the one mystery I'm still chasing.

[ And as far as Ange is concerned, that's all that matters. Not for the entire world - she's not that selfish - but at least for herself.

If she can just do that one thing, then nothing else would matter for her anymore. ]

That's why it's useless for me.

[nilhilistic]

[ hm. he doesn't want to proselytise. so he asks instead. ]

Have it never helped with anything?

[entreats]

[ Though she does seem to think about it, it's only a thought pause that lasts about a moment before she's answering. ]

Not for me.

[ She at least won't claim to speak for anyone else, considering other people have wildly different experiences from her.. If this place has proven anything to Ange, it's that fact. ]

Is that so strange?

[nilhilistic]

Yes.

Emotion is a core part of human nature. They cannot survive without it.

[ oh, he's ripped it from enough dead bodies and husks but that was the point. without it, they're just . . . empty. ]

[entreats]

.. then I guess I'm just strange.

[ Ange doesn't even sound sad about that. Just-- resigned, really. It wouldn't be the first time she's called strange, and in this context, it's incredibly more mild than the cases of it she had to endure back home. ]

I've never been normal in the first place, anyway.

[nilhilistic]

Perhaps.

Though normal seems . . . strange in itself. I do not know what is considered normal for humans.

Emotion is important. That much I know from my own experiences.