AUDIENCE FOR: Mikazuki Munechika

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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.

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[shamelessly]

I do like to be taken care of.

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I'm surprised you don't seem to tire of it.

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Oh? Do you think it possible to grow weary of attention?

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Hm... There is a saying about "too much of a good thing".

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Ha ha ha.... I'm afraid that to some degree, it is all I have ever known. Though the type of care I have received has varied through the years.

[but sometimes when you're a prized sword, it's never doubted that you are going to be taken care of?]

... but I suppose I do find it fun in equal measure - to take some of the care delivered to me and pass it forward as well.

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I would say you have a tendency to try and take care of others, yes. Surprising Shinobu with the wisteria trees, for instance.

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Hmm... Well, it was hardly an effort made on my own. You, Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd, and Tsurumaru Kuninaga all provided great help.

But it is perhaps but a leftover habit - to watch over everyone.

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[wryly]

Spoken like someone showing his age.