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[sortileges]

"--a message and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

Is that it? How do I tur--"

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[deathline]

You should have thought more then, shouldn't you?

[Of course, it shouldn't matter anymore because hey, here they are!]

[sortileges]

Hey! You held a sword at me. What else was I supposed to think?

[ Shiki?!?! But no, it matters because you never know what this place will throw at you. ]

[deathline]

... Fair enough.

[Well, that was easy.]

Although, I'm sure you could have avoided me fracturing your ankle in the game, but it doesn't matter anymore.

[sortileges]

And how exactly could I have done that? [ This time when he scoops up ice cream and puts it in his mouth, it's done with a scowl on his face. ]

[deathline]

You could have just said, "I don't want to fight." I would have believed you.

[A beat. She stares off into space as if she isn't paying attention to Merlin at all.]

I'm only really interested in fights where the opponent's willing to go all out. I don't get many of those.

[sortileges]

You didn't look like it. [ He gives her a slightly apologetic look, slowing with the ice cream now. ]

But why would you actually look for something like that?

[deathline]

I got my reasons.

[Which means she isn't going to answer his question... ]

You probably wouldn't have survived if I was more thoughtless.

[sortileges]

[ He makes a faint clicking noise. Yeah. Thanks. ]

You never know, maybe I would have thought of something.

[ Probably not........... ]

[deathline]

You'd probably be dead before you thought of something.

[she's so rude...]

[sortileges]

Going to kill me like the fire, then?

[ He says it rather casually, just because he doesn't know what to expect with her answer. ]

[deathline]

Who knows?

I don't have that kind of feeling towards you right now though.

[stop sounding so ominous shiki...]

[sortileges]

[ That really does sound ominous. ]

Right now? But later is fine then, is it?

[ Thanks for making him feel uneasy, Shiki. ]

[deathline]

I guess it all depends. But I don't think you're the type of person I'd kill in the end.

[sortileges]

Well, that's certainly reassuring. [ As sigh, then: ] I wouldn't unless it was necessary.

[deathline]

Probably for the best. Looks like there's a lot of life risking in a place like this.

[sortileges]

That wasn't even the half of it. [ Shiki, that was a video game side of this world, has anyone even told you about the Other Stuff???

Rather than asking that though, he just... eats more ice cream. ]