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[contract_star]

[Hei appears on the Plane not bleeding this time! looking a little indignant.]

Ms. Kirihara! You thought I was going to wear them??

[After a moment he sighs in a long-suffering sort of way.]

Mion, I'm not sure how much your vest cost...I brought some yen though, enough to cover it, I think.

Oh, and Mr. Tyler, if you've been...un-kidnapped yet--I have news.

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[madamemoiselle]

See, I don't even know what that is. It doesn't sound so bad.

[contract_star]

[Noncommittally,] It's a person with no soul and no emotions who doesn't think twice about killing. They have superhuman abilities, in exchange for an obeisance. [Pauses.] If anyone shows up here claiming to be a Contractor, I suggest you avoid them.

[madamemoiselle]

{Simply} Why? If I avoided you for that reason, it'd be silly. I would have missed how nice Li is. Are they really so bad?

[contract_star]

They are. They're employed as assassins, hitmen, spies. They're liars and traitors. You can't trust them.

[madamemoiselle]

Hm...Well, alright, I guess. I'll trust you on that, Li.

[contract_star]

[Pause because that caught him a little off guard. But he's an emotional masochist, so,] Li Shengshun isn't real.

[madamemoiselle]

It's a fake name? {Just smiles still! She's not terribly surprised} Well, then what's your real name?

[contract_star]

Not just the name. The rest of it. [Doesn't answer her second question.]

[madamemoiselle]

Then tell me the truth.

[contract_star]

I've already told you the truth.

[madamemoiselle]

Then your name. Since Li isn't a real person, I need one to call you, don't I?

[contract_star]

[Long pause.]

You can call me Hei, then. It's not real either, but it's closer to the truth than Li.

[madamemoiselle]

Then Hei it is. {Smiles warmly}

[contract_star]

[Isn't sure how he feels about this, so he stays silent and his face stays blank.]