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[rippled]

[ they bounce on the sofa, feeling it out. whee. ]

Well, there's no point in worrying about it now. What's done is done.

[ stops bouncing... ]

And you?

[noirges]

[ smiles at the bouncing ]

What did I do before coming here?

Or what were the circumstances of my death?

I don't mind answering either, I just want to make sure I understand your question.

[rippled]

Whichever one you feel like answering.

[ it just happened that saber's answer was more or less the same for each question. ]

[noirges]

I was the owner of a handyman's guild, Courrune. But I also served in our Corps some of the time, which I guess you'd call a people's militia to protect the commoners on the island.

[ looks thoughtful ]

... but I think at the end of my life, I was just forced to make a decision and fight a friend. But I knew that I was going to die - that we both were.

[rippled]

[ there's a pause, and they glance over at him, their expression partly sympathetic, but mixed with something that's a little sad. ]

... I'm sorry. Having to go against a friend is something that is much harder to deal with than some may think.

[noirges]

[ ah.

his expression softens, touched. ]

... thank you. I think... often, for people, once someone is a villain, they have always been a villain.

But I appreciate getting to talk about their humanity instead, even if it ended up bloody.

[rippled]

Mm. You can never predict where someone's road will lead them, and sometimes it is not in a direction you can walk alongside them towards.

[ it would be much easier if things were as black and white as some believed. ]

I hope you can find peace with it.

[noirges]

[ well

he looks up briefly and thinks about how this is heaven adjacent so supposedly there's nowhere to go from here ]

This seems like the place for it, I think?

[rippled]

Oh.

[ ... ]

Probably?

[ YEAH... YEAH PROBABLY? ]

[noirges]

... did you have different thoughts about the afterlife?

[rippled]

I have just heard a lot of opinions on it lately, but I don't particularly have feelings on it.

[ they get up and brush off the spot they were just sitting in. ]

It's kind of a complicated subject.

[noirges]

[ also gets up ]

Are we going somewhere...?

But - I see! Is it because of the competition you were in?

[rippled]

Let's go on a walk, yes.

[ hmmm... they shake their head. then nod. then frown. ]

Maybe a little. But it is just not really something I had to think about before.

[noirges]

Never had to think about... dying? Or something else?

[rippled]

Things like going to a place like heaven. I was surprised at how widespread this type of religion was.

[ it seemed like everyone had some version of it from who they spoke to. ]