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[lapidarius]

"This is Kakyoin Noriaki. Please leave a message, I'll contact you as soon as I can."

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[mylegacy]

I think . . .

I think everyone has their limits. I think yours are farther out with me than other people's might be. So it would take a lot. But it's not impossible.

I wouldn't betray you like — I just wouldn't. And I wouldn't lie to you. But people like Holly, I think if she saw this as a betrayal, I couldn't even argue with it. I couldn't ask her to trust me again, or forgive me.

[lapidarius]

My unfortunately short temper aside, I know where my limits are regarding you. It's the same as with my other friends--nothing you could do would make me simply stop caring. But you can believe there's a limit if you don't believe what I'm telling you now. It's a better answer than I anticipated.

[...]

I can't speak for miss Holly and I won't try to. I can't expect something like this will be simple for her, but my own assumption based on what I know is that she cares too much to truly hate anyone.

[mylegacy]

Everyone is capable of hate. That's part of what makes us human.

[He sighs and rubs at his eyes, sitting up a little straighter.]

People who think they can't hate anyone have just been lucky so far. What answer did you expect?

[lapidarius]

I don't really know. I'm not a shining example of patience and civility myself, so...I just don't know what I thought you'd say.

[He shrugged, looking away.]

Maybe she is. But I don't think she could hate you. Hell, I tried to kill Jotaro and the first thing she did was come over with a first aid kit.

[mylegacy]

Yeah. But you didn't. So it's different.

[lapidarius]

I almost did. And I was bleeding all over the place. Honestly, my mother would've at least said something about ruining her floor before fixing up someone like that.

[mylegacy]

So what you're saying is you think she's not normal.

[lapidarius]

No--what--I didn't mean it like that!

[mylegacy]

Then what the hell did you mean?

[lapidarius]

I'm trying to say she's absurdly goddamn nice and as long as you're not actively going to the effort of pissing her off directly, I don't think that she'll hate you.

[mylegacy]

I'd place a bet against you if there was money here.

[lapidarius]

The last time I placed a bet, I got my soul ripped out. I've kind of sworn off gambling in general.

But even so, in that situation I'd take you up on that.

[mylegacy]

Aren't we in a room essentially designed for gambling?

Ugh, whatever. None of this has stopped being stupid.

[lapidarius]

It has not, in fact, stopped being stupid. You're correct.

[mylegacy]

It's still stupid and now I sort of want to throw small objects at you to see if they'll stick in your hair.

[lapidarius]

Please try not to. I work hard to take care of it.

[mylegacy]

I'm not going to. It's just that the thought occurred.

[. . .]

I have another question. But it's even stupider than everything else, so I don't know if I should ask.

[lapidarius]

...You can ask if you want to. I won't laugh, no matter how stupid it might be.

[mylegacy]

Honest?

[lapidarius]

I've never lied to you before. I don't intend to start tonight.

[mylegacy]

. . . Fine.

[uuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh]

I can't tell. I mean, if it's the same. For me. I don't know the difference, or at least I don't know the difference like this.

[@wham: whenever ur ready]

[lapidarius]

[wait, what]

Wait, what?

[mylegacy]

[SCREAMING]

Never mind.

[lapidarius]

No, I just--that wasn't even a question.

[SPEAK CLEARLY SHIZACHAN]

I'm not laughing.

[mylegacy]

It doesn't matter.

[SLOWLY . . . SINKS DOWN LOWER IN CHAIR . . . melds with it . . .]