exsilium | [[Audio Post]] [[Joint Post With Cheria]] [[Poor Cheria]]

Okay, Cheria, don't worry about a thing! I've got this, everything's going to be just great until we can get your eyes all... Eye-ing again!

Um-- Pascal, I'm not so sure about this... I think I can do it on my own! ...Maybe...

Nuh-uh! I'm not letting you near the stove until you can read the dials. None of us want you on fire, you know!

T-then I'll just make a sandwich! I'm sure I can do that at least, right? If this is permanent I'm going to have to learn how to do this kind of stuff on my own again.

Don't think like that, Cheria. I'm sure this is temporary until we can get you all cured up or you sleep it all off! I mean, if they can revive the dead, fixing eyes has gotta be somewhere in the picture right?

[There's a short sigh and silence for a minute or two before Cheria speaks again.] I know that... But it's good to be prepared for anything, you know? I'm glad everyone wants to help out so much but I still want to be able to do stuff too.

No buts, Cheria! I'm going to make sure you're safely resting this off in bed, and that means I'm going to do the cooking! Now where are those bananas...

No, really, Pascal. You don't have to do all of this! And-- hold on a second, just what kind of meal are you planning to make!? Bananas aren't a proper diet!

Bah! I live off of 'em! What's good for the goose is good for the panda, right?

What?? That isn't how that goes, Pascal. Seriously just- I can cook for myself today!

Cheria? No. Seriously. I've got this. We'll start with a pie, those aren't too hard to make.

...Have you ever made a pie before?

Nope! But I've got notes!

It's not just as simple as that! Pascal? Pascal!

Mix the salt in with the... Wait, why do you need salt? We can drop that, right?

No, you can't!! Pascal, just make me a sandwich if you want to help!

But I can totally do better!

((Red is Pascal and Purple is Cheria. Comments may be responded to by either or both.))

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W-what? I do, of course!

[She sounds legitimately miffed by the question.]

[ :|a ... No, he still doesn't get it. People like her don't make a lot of sense to him. ]

Why?

[She's never... actually been asked why she cares about people before.]

Because someone has care about them and take care of them. Is it really so strange to care about the well-being of everyone else?

[ A humming sound as he considers this. ]

No one has to do anything. If animals are weak they die. People are animals too, aren't they?

[ Thinking for another few seconds about the guy in Tsuna's family that calls everyone herbivores. How unfortunate to agree with the thinking of a guy like that. ]

Weak people band together so they don't feel vulnerable, and tell themselves lies about doing it out of generosity, but look what happened in this world. You're all still weak, and you're all still going to die at this rate. Of course if you want to pretend you're not weak you could always spend your time doing something worthwhile... like forcing your way home to safety.

No! That's... That's wrong! That isn't why people take care of each other at all. Even if this place did bring us here without our permission, this world needs saving too! And after what happened to that poor man's world- I can't even imagine trying to force my way home and risk the same thing happening to the people I care about there.

It's better to help the people right in front of you that need assistance, they aren't any less important than the people of Ephinea or your world or anyone else's!

That's true, but the people of my world aren't important either. And as long as my world is fine I don't really care about any of the other ones and what happens to them.

Of course they are! How can you say that? Isn't there anyone you care about enough to protect them?

[ Besides himself? ]

No.

Really? There's no one...? That's so... Sad.

[ He could not be more confused by her than he is right now. What's sad about this? ]

No one at all.

[Cheria has never felt more sympathy for a person in her life. What a terrible life this guy must have had to have no one to count on. It reminds her a lot of Lambda.]

What about your family? Didn't you have anybody to count on growing up?

[ The funny part is how it has been pretty much the opposite of terrible for him. ]

They're all dead.

[ Don't start feeling sorry for him, Cheria, he killed them personally. ]

[SHE'LL FEEL SORRY FOR HIM IF SHE WANTS TO. In fact she already does!!]

Oh my gosh, that's awful. I'm sorry.

[ Silly girl. ]

It's not awful. I killed them.

W-what?

[Even if she's appalled right now, she'll still end up feeling sorry for him.]

Why would you do something like that?

[ He's talking in a sing-song tone now. ]

Because I wanted to.

[She's so horrified.]

What kind of reason is that!? How barbaric!

[ He's laughing now. A loud, weird, hissing laugh. ]

It's the only reason I need.

[And she's getting mad.]

Well, it's a terrible one! Don't you worry about the consequences of your actions!?

[ What a weird girl. ]

No. Never.

Have you ever even had consequences!? Surely someone must have done something about what you did!

Of course not. Someone as strong as I am doesn't have to deal with something as trivial as that.

[[Audio Post]] [[Joint Post With Cheria]] [[Poor Cheria]]

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