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[He can't help but laugh, amused and fond.]

Already a list that can hit the floor. I shouldn't be surprised. When Cosmo first arrived, he had quite the list as well.

But tell me about this winter house.

Ah, it's a place that Lily takes me to when she's looking after my dreams and I have nightmares. I don't know if it is a memory for her, or something created on a whim...

[He pauses, putting a hand to his chest.]

I am inclined towards the latter - the first time she used it was when I dreamed of... flowers, growing inside me. I imagine she wanted to take me somewhere that would be removed from such imagery, and a cottage in winter seemed to be the thing. A place of safety and comfort.

How thoughtful. If you want cozy sweaters and thick layers, I recommend SensitIV. Though it seems you are already good friends with Lucifel.

And I am sorry that you've had to suffer so much in such a short amount of time. Would it be more towards the holiday season, I'm sure you could have found snow themed idol merchandise. Perhaps there is a clearance section somewhere.

Lucifel is very kind, though I do wish the reason for us bonding had been more pleasant. And I would take this chance to once again gently reprimand you for your staunch refusal to be a bridge between me and Ardyn.

[Yes he WILL keep shaming you for that, Emet.

Also RNGesus decrees he gets the plushie this time! It's of Intensity. This one's going to Angel for sure.]

Ah-ha, I believe I am now entitled to a question.

Is it really so gentle?

[He makes a lazy hand motion.]

Ask away. That is the point of this while the prizes are a nice boon.

I may have been sarcastic there. We shall never know.

[But, hmm, question... He turns the plushie over in his hands.]

Then once more I would posit the question from yesterday, the one that you dodged perhaps not the most skilfully but admirably earnestly. [Did you miss his insults, Emet.] You say it's your own cowardice that made you avoid me. What are you afraid of in this context, then?

You've never been shy with your opinion, skillfully said. No need to start a new trend.

[He looks at Levity then back at the machine just for something to focus on.]

No doubt you've already concluded that our past holds an despair so terrible I can scarcely put into words. A broken star, a lost home. For a thousand, thousand lifetimes, we have tried to reclaim what was lost.

Would you agree with my methods? Perhaps. Perhaps not. But I have taken others into my confidence before. Those whom I loved, admired, and thought the world of. And in the end they struggled to not hate me for it.

If you were to say the same I'm quite certain my heart would not survive it.

[Well, this sure is a topic for discussion in a game section. Levity, too, stays silent and looks away for a time, digesting the information.]

...I see. Five has told me that he worries I might break your heart. And Jason has said that you are someone who's seen some shit, as he put it.

[He sighs quietly.]

And... Perhaps the fact that something happened to our home explains why I feel homesick and incomplete. This... is much to take in.

[Thanks for giving him anxiety, Emet!]

But if it my attitude towards you that you are concerned about, I will tell you the same thing I tried to tell Ardyn. Although I fear he misunderstood it somewhat, and the conversation moved on before I could clarify... yet nevertheless.

[He finally turns to look Hades in the eye.]

My agreement - or disagreement, as it were, - with your methods, whatever they are, does not dictate how I feel about you as a person and a friend. There are, as I am more than aware, many things that Ardyn has done, and likely will again, that I do disagree with. For a good number of them I would try to stop him or at least redirect his attention, as it were. That does not mean I do not care for him. Do you understand that, Hades?

I am somewhat relieved to here that you will still be fond of me even if we do have our disagreements. And as our bonds grow I would not expect anything less from you.

But I would tear you down if you got in my way without hesitation. The same I would do for Vergil, Five, or even Cosmo. And I do fear, in the end, you will stand against me.

[Silently, Levity looks up to the heavens and wonders why is it that everyone he knows is so stupid.]

Perhaps, or perhaps not. I would advise against jumping to conclusions, Hades. I believe that you are letting your cowardice, as you put it, do the thinking for you. If things are as you say, if you think that in the end I would stand against you, then why do you not tear me down right now? Why did you not do so when I first arrived, why are you letting yourself become close with me again? You are risking your own heart, here. Why did you not save yourself the potential greater suffering and... oh, I don't know. Kill me, perhaps, though death holds little to no sway here and maybe that is one of the reasons you let me live. Or you could have avoided approaching me amicably, antagonized me from the start.

Yet you did not do so. If asked to guess at the reason, I would say that either you hold a not-insignificant hope that I will take your side, or you are aware that your "methods" are not the most wisely chosen ones, and somewhere deep down you may want to be stopped, or perhaps simply judged for them.

[He sighs.]

Of course, that is mainly conjecture. My, but you and Five are prone to great dramatism.

I didn't have a choice in my introduction to you if you recall. Someone dropped you on my doorstep already planting the seed in your mind of our past relationship.

[He scoffs at the word 'dramatism'.]

As for why I did not from the start, you are partially right. But I could also be simply boasting or mayhaps it is simply not worth the effort as you said.

And you wanted answers. Here am I providing them out of the kindness of my heart. I can change the subject if you wish.

[He drums his fingers on the game machine.]

That may, in fact, be prudent. Else I fear Five will once more be on my case for drinking.

But may I point out that rather than 'kindness of your heart' it's the guilt of your conscience that you're doing this out of? And Cardinal did not tell me much about you, simply said that they know people from my world here who are my friends. You were fully within the right to act as though our friendship was a long time ago, which it was, and we are no longer friends.

And that would be lying to you. I may omit, but I owe you more than that.

[He actually looks perplexed by the question.]

I took our last encounters as if you wished to know. That you didn't desire to wait around as you regained your memories one by one. Was I incorrect?

Oh, you certainly were correct. But you also seemed to be pretty adamant about not telling me about anything much, not until I recovered more memories. You only agreed to this after I drunkenly shamed you for keeping things from me last night. Is it really so strange of me to conclude that it was the feeling of guilt that drove you to invite me out today?

Correct. I did not treat you as I should have.

Though that still begs the question if you wish to continue with these topics for today.

[petshaming sign for emet]

I would like to learn more of our world, yes. But I do find myself concerned with how quick you were to clarify that you would sacrifice anyone you love for it... But concerned for you, you see, not for myself.

Did you not chide Absinthe for hiding aspects of himself from you? I am simply stating my intentions up front to avoid any misconceptions.

[He leans on the machine as he shrugs at the concern.]

While I do not wish it to come to such a situation, it is a non-zero possibility.

You do have me there. Then perhaps I should say that it is your wording I am concerned with, and the amount of violence implied. Do you truly think I would offer such resistance that I will need to be "torn down"?

Allow me to counter with a question. What level of crime would I need to commit before you would actively prevent its success?

[HM,,,,

He stays silent, staring at the machine thoughtfully... before moving to try and pick up another plushie. God, why are you such a drag, Emet.]

I am not quite certain what you mean by crime. But I would say that the main line I draw is hurting people who do not deserve it or have no chance of fighting back. Of course, there are once again considerations of the reason why you would do so, of how you yourself view your deeds. As I've told Five, while I do not approve of the things he had to do to save his world, I understand and accept that there was no other feasible way for him. And a good part of why I understand and accept it is because he, too, does not take particular joy in it.

[Annnnd plushie get! It's probably Vergil.]

[If the plush doesn't have a tail bow, Emet will find something suitable to ensure it does have one. Accessories are important!

And why? Well, because he is, unfortunately.]

Five does have quite the disadvantage, but his heart is ever in the right place. And are you saying you would not oppose Five had you the opportunity?

[JUST LET HIM GET HIS PLUSHIES.... GOD............. RNG says it does have the tail bow!! Very good merch here.]

...I'm uncertain as to what you mean by disadvantage?

An entire organization exists to keep the timeline in check. That the apocalypse is meant to happen. That would keep events so that the would lose all, including his beloved family.

Quite admiral, isn't it? That he would stand against all that. But to run in head to head would lead to ruin. Thus he is forced to take paths less ideal.

But can you imagine shouldering such alone? I wouldn't be able to.

[He stays quiet for a time, digesting this.]

...I likely would not be able to, either. I already cannot handle many things here, while others weather them much more easily.

Externally they weather it, but that doesn't mean the scars are not left. He does fall back to that survival, self-reliant nature as it was his means for quite some time.

Truthfully, no one should be forced to handle what is thrown at us here. So do not fault yourself.

[He does motion at the plush.]

Are you going to name is Ligrev?

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