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[salvagedsoul]

Hello, everyone.

I have been in United Earth territory since June. I was released last week. Although I have been inspected and declared safe by the Initiative, I feel that it is my obligation to notify you all of what happened.

I am very eager to see some of you again. I am staying in my assigned housing at 502 while I continue to recover. Please come by at your convenience.


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Comments

[salvagedsoul]

I'm not sure what they were doing to me. It wasn't motivated by cruelty. Maybe some kind of test or experiment.

[invocation]

Experiments...

[How is he so calm?] How'd they even get a hold of you? [She sounds angry, though not necessarily at Kaworu.] There haven't been any attacks since the bombs hit.

[salvagedsoul]

I went over there myself.

[he does not sound very proud of that.]

[invocation]

[Heroic recklessness. One of Kyouko's least favorite things to hear about.

3...

2...

1...] What the hell didja do some dumbass thing like that for? You idiot!

[salvagedsoul]

I based my plans on an assumption that has always been unassailable, to the point of being a law of nature.

[invocation]

[...] Huh?

[salvagedsoul]

I thought it would be fine.

[invocation]

Tch. That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard! You're lucky they didn't keep you there.

[and the rest of this is private:]

I don't care what stupid thing you do to yourself, but Sayaka likes you. [Kyouko doesn't. He unnerves her.] If somethin' bad happened to you, she'd end up doing something stupid too.

Don't give her any ideas.

[salvagedsoul]

[. . . ??]

... What would she do?

[invocation]

[Something crazy.]

The same dumb thing you did. She'd go out there by herself.

[The rustling of candy paper is heard, and eventually chewing.] She'd get some stupid idea to avenge you, and then get her head blown off. That's what she'd do.

[salvagedsoul]

I see.

I would say that you magical girls are fine on your own, but you are, in fact, correct in this case.

[invocation]

[She's geared up to snap at him again, so the calm response throws her off.

She makes an irritated noise, but then:] As long as you get it.

[salvagedsoul]

You're telling me not to do something so reckless again. I get it. I'm going to try.

[invocation]

Yeah, yeah. [...] What didja do it in the first place for, anyway? You don't seem like that type. [He was weird, and unnerving, in the same way Homura was, but coolheaded like her too. It just didn't seem like his style, but then, what did she know?]

[salvagedsoul]

I thought I could do something to help the situation with the UE. Things didn't go right.

[really, he did exactly what Kyouko's saying Sayaka would do.]

[invocation]

[That earns a heavy, long-suffering sigh. Exactly what Sayaka would do...] I expect some of these other idiots to do that, but you...

[The sound of her blowing air through her teeth.] Whatever. I don't get you.

[salvagedsoul]

[her comment seems to quiet him for a moment. when he speaks again, he doesn't sound offended or upset, though.]

Has everything been alright with her while I was gone?

[invocation]

She's been fine.

[Her tone is guarded, and a little defensive, but she doesn't seem to be lying either.] If she'd done anything stupid, I'd know about it.

[salvagedsoul]

You and Sayaka are pretty close, aren't you? That's lovely.

[invocation]

Yeah, so? [She bristles, taking it the wrong way.] You make it sound like it's weird.

[salvagedsoul]

I do? I don't intend that at all. I'm sorry. Rather, it's good.