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[psychopath]

Ladies, gentlemen, a question: what do you look for in a significant other?

[he's grinning something fierce, like he's a host of a dating show or something. don't answer him, he's just going to use what you'll tell him against you when it suits him :c]

Looks, property, good with their hands, an excellent cook? Willing to die for you on missions? Takes a bath every week? I'm curious, this sort of thing isn't spoken about in my time!

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voice, private

[velveteened]

( definitely, she says, and the reminder comes in the next breath, late enough to leave him appalled at his own selfishness.

one day we'll be able to make new stories.

one day, because they are at war, and the information that she's just provided has given him guesses at its scale. )

I'm sure you will.

( there's a renewed warmth in the unnecessary affirmation, a little soft, and all of it genuinely meant. )

voice, private

[anklets]

[ unnecessary affirmation is the song of her people ]

You, too.

voice, private

[velveteened]

Of course.

( there's a fairytale that needs finishing, one way or another, and secrets still waiting to be revealed, and alice, bright as the sun, another world away. )