✘ 06

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[Ianto is currently out cold, but slowly showing signs of coming round.  He's not exactly in his best state; his nose is shattered, and he has a stab wound in his chest.

For once?  This has absolutely nothing to do with the Master.]

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[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

[Holds the ice cubes against his nose, struggling to sit up.]

I'll be fine. Don't worry about it.

[contract_star]

[Watches him for a moment in silence.]

There's nothing we can do for her. The best we can do is just to treat her cautiously.

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

What's happened to her?

[contract_star]

[Voice is hard,] She's turned into something not human. Technically she's still Misaki Kirihara. Just not human. She no longer has emotions or a conscience, and she won't think twice about killing people she thinks are a threat to her.

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

She didn't kill me. [It's more of an observation than an argument.]

[contract_star]

She didn't need to. Her power allows her to incapacitate people without killing them. She won't do anything unless she has a reason. From now on she will be completely ruled by logic and the need to survive.

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

And nothing can be done to change that?

[contract_star]

No.

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

There could be something you don't know about.

[contract_star]

There isn't. We're from the same kind of world, and I've seen this before. There's nothing we can do for her, and she wouldn't want our help anyway.

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

So she'll always be like this.

[contract_star]

[He's remembering Bai, so his next few words come out a bit roughly.] Yes. There's no point in trying to deny it.

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

[He nods, slightly resigned. If he were feeling better he'd probably be less willing to accept that, but as it is...]

[contract_star]

[Sees the resignation and feels like he should say something.] Sorry.

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

It's fine... it just doesn't seem right for something like that to happen to her.

[contract_star]

It happens to people all the time in our world. [A bit of an exaggeration, but still.]

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

People in my world are murdered all the time. That doesn't mean it's any less worse.

[contract_star]

[Just shrugs.]