AUDIENCE FOR: Mikazuki Munechika

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[I GUESS MIKAZUKI JUST HAS CETUS'S HAND NOW]

... Yes?

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[he does. it's his]

You do not wish for candy? Or is strawberry not to your liking?

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[dryly]

I was advising that you eat it, actually.

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I have enough to share.

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... Well, I can't deny that.

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[then he will gently squeeze cetus' hand

and replace the candy in it

before going to get his own candy]

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[thanks jiji

i suppose they are now eating candy with their sake]

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[you're welcome

mikazuki will also have his and hum thoughtfully]

... marginally better, I suppose.

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... I think nothing will fully erase that taste tonight.

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An old man cannot be faulted for trying.

[but he will have more of his sake... he will refill his cup and cetus' periodically]

Even if I do not mind feeling the full spectrum of emotion that this heart allows...

I still find myself wondering how others have lived with this all their existence.

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[...]

A sentiment that I've heard is that it's those who live long lives that take the longest to move on.

For those who know they have mortal lifespans, many realize at heart that they don't have the time to hold onto this grief forever. [a pause] Though conversely, a few weeks or months isn't a short time to them, either.

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... well, time itself is something that is something I have a tenuous grasp on at best.

[if only because he knows it so intimately.]

What of you, dear Cetus? Do you consider yourself the type to linger?

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I wouldn't worry about me. [wryly,] The advantage of experience is that if you try, you learn how to handle your emotions.

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I always worry about you.

[he doesn't answer the second part right away,

but this is easy]

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And I am always touched.

[as they nonchalantly sip their sake.]

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[ . . . ]

You could always show it more...

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[siiiiiiiiiips]

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[ . . . . leans lightly against cetus' side?]

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[they'll let him, but mildly,]

You may be tempting your luck.

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Is that not what you have come to expect from me by now?

At the very least this week, I imagine it more permissible than any other.

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Well... I suppose you raise a fair point there.

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[he will shift slightly away]

Unless I have done something to make you uncomfortable?

[his expression doesn't change - but his voice does carry a note of sincerity. jiji is a shit and sometimes it's fun to mess with people, but he's not actually trying to create unwanted tension]

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You aren't.

[simply.]

But as always, I would advise you to act with caution.

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The only times in which I do not act with caution are when I am certain that the sacrifice will be one I can live with.

[he will resume leaning lightly against cetus' side then. affection week.]

This is not one of those times. I am merely a very needy guest.

[he is always reckless, but never with others.]

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[a hum]

You're certainly one of the neediest.