[ a long pause happens here, kaeya looks like he's searching for the words. ]
Perhaps you're right, I'm not a traitor, I was just a puppet. All week. It's fine. Regardless... I do my best to lean on my better people. We make plans. We're... used to compulsion, and what comes with it.
[ he straightens the way he usually does to gather himself, a faint smile on his lips. would he have fathered it have been all of his own volition? after what he saw? ]
The locket was damning and I was lucky it was Estelle who was checking. Emet-Selch was only concerned with keys. And you can't even prove the abilities on them without another ability itself of course. Unless there's a job added onto someone contract for that as well.
[ they stiffen up at first, just like they did the last time, but it doesn't last. instead, they reach around him and put their hand on his head, arm sort of casually resting on his shoulders and fingers threading loosely into his hair. ]
You're not as good of a liar as you think you are. [ a little huff. ] Maybe I'm just good at recognizing it.
[ they click their tongue, and keep that hand in his hair, then. ]
Don't burn it. No one here has a long enough attention span to remember a piece of fluff from a drain for longer than a week. They'll be plenty occupied with whoever decides to murder next week.
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Perhaps you're right, I'm not a traitor, I was just a puppet. All week. It's fine. Regardless... I do my best to lean on my better people. We make plans. We're... used to compulsion, and what comes with it.
[ he straightens the way he usually does to gather himself, a faint smile on his lips. would he have fathered it have been all of his own volition? after what he saw? ]
The locket was damning and I was lucky it was Estelle who was checking. Emet-Selch was only concerned with keys. And you can't even prove the abilities on them without another ability itself of course. Unless there's a job added onto someone contract for that as well.
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quiet, for a moment, and then: ]
Would you like me to pretend that I believe you're smiling because you feel better?
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slumps against them. sorry. ]
No... I give up for now. I have to wear the enough out there, I suppose.
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You're not as good of a liar as you think you are. [ a little huff. ] Maybe I'm just good at recognizing it.
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[ the hand in his hair is met with a quiet hum. kaeya just sort of goes quiet after that, staring downwards again before letting out a soft laugh. ]
A little more time and I'm sure they could have checked my room to match that fur. I should have it burned now. Unfortunate...
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Don't burn it. No one here has a long enough attention span to remember a piece of fluff from a drain for longer than a week. They'll be plenty occupied with whoever decides to murder next week.
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You sound so certain about that.
But that is where our focus should be regardless.