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week 7, saturday

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[ well

that was fucking exhausting. ]

It's really over...

[kumeyuri]

... Yeah. [he breathes out.] Looks like things worked out.

[rippled]

... yeah, somehow.

[kumeyuri]

It does seem like Gabriel's mind was already fairly set on the judgment before all this, anyway.

[so whatever they wrote probably didn't matter too much.]

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Mm. I should have known, honestly. There was something he said to me once that implied it.

[kumeyuri]

Yeah? [head tilt.] What'd he say?

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I asked him what he wanted–a wish, I suppose.

He just wanted everyone to be happy.

[kumeyuri]

... Mm. I don't know him well, but that does seem like the kind of wish he'd have, from the little we've spoken and what was said about "God".

[rippled]

Mm.

You are going back home, of course?

[kumeyuri]

Yeah. [he says that without hesitation.] That's always been my duty.

[rippled]

[ they nod, since they expected that answer. ]

Make sure you win next time.

[kumeyuri]

[a pause, and then when he realizes what they mean—]

... I intend to. [...] You're... going back to whatever happens to Heroic Spirits after they're de-summoned?

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... well, I will see. A few people have actually told me to go with them.

[kumeyuri]

[ ! ]

So you're... thinking of taking one of 'em up on that offer?

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I am, yes. I fear that people would be angry at me if I don't choose something other than returning to my world.

[kumeyuri]

[...]

What is it that you want, other people's opinions aside?

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Well, I did vote no.

[kumeyuri]

I figured you did.

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I didn't want to lie about what I actually thought.

[kumeyuri]

... Yeah. I get that.

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... but I think I will spend my time trying to help people.

I cannot do that if I return home.

[kumeyuri]

If that's what you want... then I think it's a good path for you.

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It's what Iori would have done.

[




well. when he wasn't being secretly a sociopath. ]

[kumeyuri]

[



it's fine.]

... I hope it gives you peace.

[rippled]

Only time will tell.

Oh, but I wanted to give you something.