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[indignitas]

None of us are simple civilians, except when we're here. I feel a little ridiculous that I let myself think it would be different.

[ He forgot to tell her he's a yakuza, didn't he. He realizes this belatedly. Shit. He spends quite a while deciding how to explain himself succinctly. ]

My father was a yakuza. When I was 19 he was murdered and my mentor did the time for it. That was when it started. But every yakuza has that moment, when the brotherhood becomes overshadowed by the bloodiness. When I inherited the clan, there was only more blood.

I'm used to betrayal and desertion and death. This feels worse. Even more arbitrary and petty.

[seeingscarlet]

I didn't always have these powers. My country was turned into a war zone. You don't always get to say goodbye

[She hasn't forgotten - when her powers have manifested as an extra sense she very literally can't. But things did feel brighter when Shaxx was around. He might finally have managed to convince her that she's more than just a weapon.

(Whether that was a mistake or not remains to be seen.)]

There's no reason for it and no one to blame. And nothing we can do

[The could blame Malachite, perhaps, but she doesn't think they actually mean to lose people, it just happens. And it wouldn't fix anything or make her feel better.]

[indignitas]

[ Rarely. Rarely do you get to say goodbye. ]

I'm used to being constrained by my position in the clan, unable to act out of propriety or politics. Not bold-faced helplessness.

But I suppose it's all the same in the end and I wouldn't have done anything different to get here.

[seeingscarlet]

I don't regret anything I did here

[Even knowing she would lose Shaxx and Crow she wouldn't have turned away from them. She is a better person for knowing Shaxx above anyone else here, and for having been brought into their little family.]

But I still miss him, even if it's selfish

[She can admit that to him, she thinks. She imagines anyone who has truly cared for Shaxx feels the same way.]

[indignitas]

How did you meet?

[ It's not a funeral, they don't need a eulogy but maybe a few moments spent will feel good. ]

[seeingscarlet]

He was the first person I found in the crater. When I passed out, he carried me until he couldn't anymore and GemSci found us

He saved me

[In more ways than one, in more ways than he knows.]

What about you?

[indignitas]

That does sound like him. You were lucky to have each other from the beginning, very romantic.

[ Honestly it's nicer to think about that than dwelling on his own feelings, which makes the return of the question draw him up short. ]

I responded when he first opened the forge. He called my circa 2019 handgun quaint so I said he could keep it as an antique.

[seeingscarlet]

I don't know what would have happened to me without him

But I think his idea of romantic was when I accidentally threw him through a goalpost

[He can't see her sad smile to remember it - because it is a funny story, isn't it? Of all the things to find attractive in a person...but to those who know Shaxx well, maybe it's not surprising at all.]

That sounds like him. Did he make you a fancy new one?

[indignitas]

I'd like to think I would have found you and been a friend eventually, but I confess I can't catch up with every gembonded that I wish I could.

He does like that. I had to ask him... why a regular human like me would even be of interest. I think the gems help, you can see things in each other that would normally be under the surface.

[ And here, he will send a picture of the fancy new gun. ]

Obviously he tried to talk me into something bigger, but old habits and all that.

[seeingscarlet]

He sees the best in people. Syncing just makes it easier

[And that line of thought is a one-way ticket to getting emotional. Even after everything she'd shown him, he still had faith in her. Could still want her.]

It's beautiful. [As guns go.] I'm glad you have something like that to remember him

[indignitas]

Hard to forget.
He's hard to beat in sheer amounts of personality. It's like staring into the sun half the time.

[ Feeling all stupid and dazzled that anyone could really look straight into his insecurities and still say it was all right. ]

I'm sorry Wanda. Sorry it's like this. I hope you know if you ever need anything I'll do my best.

[seeingscarlet]

But much harder to look away

You know you can always call me, yes?

[Shaxx would want them to support each other and she gets the impression that they're both used to grieving alone.]

If you're hurt, or in trouble, or if you just need good food or company

[indignitas]

[ He is a figurehead, it is expected that he weather grief with restrained dignity. It makes it difficult for him to manage the emotion in his personal life where it strikes so much deeper.

So he goes with what's simple, ]

Food is always welcome, I'm a terrible cook.