039: You're Only Going Through the Motions, Baby

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[Hei is here with a small patch of grass and his telescope. The telescope is propped up nearby and he's lying on his back in the grass, staring up at the Astral Sky. He has an unreadable expression.]

Hard to believe. They're really real there...

[He sighs.] The servants and the...concentration camp kind of put a damper on things, though...

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It's not mine. It's Diva's. But I don't know why it's there. It just...sort of appeared.

[Shit. Good thing he thinks on his feet.] ...Vampires.

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[Frown. She doesn't quite believe you, Hei.]

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Diva's a vampire, you see. I didn't know that before. [HOW CAN YOU NOT TRUST THIS FACE?!]

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You're lying about something. Your syntax changed. And how could you not know she's a vampire when you're living with her? She's not really secretive about it, and she says she loves you.

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[...GOD DAMN YOU AND YOUR SMARTNESS, MINISAKI.]

[But maybe he can spin this...] The stars then. Would you believe all the stars in my world are fake?

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[Frowning. Makes sense, with the telescope...] That's... how is that possible?

[And something clicks] The thing that happened, you said it happened ten years ago... Do the stars... Does that have to do with what happened to you sister?

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[Fuck fuck fuck. But he just tilts his head.] No, why would they?

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You said it like it was important, the thing that happened. And the stars being fake--

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Misaki, I was kidding.

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I don't believe you.

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[Fine, then, time for a half-truth.] Alright, then. The thing that happened in my world made all of the stars fake. But you have the real stars, don't you? So it never happened in your world.

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What's Hell's Gate? [Pieces are starting to come together in her mind, forming at least some kind of picture, albeit an unclear one.]

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It's what we call the event that happened. It's hard to explain. [His hopes of having her keep going in her relatively happy Gate-free world are crumbling.]

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Why didn't you tell me before?

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You're trying to protect me?

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[Almost snapping,] If it hasn't happened in your world, then it's not going to.

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[Flinch]

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...Sorry. I...

Your world...will be safe. Believe that much.

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[Doesn't believe you, Hei, but--] Okay.

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[Knows she doesn't believe him. But he nods.]