Interlude 6 | To the leader, the pariah
((ooc: so, just as prior warning, this will be confusing. very, very, very confusing. that is the whole point of it, and I am sorry if it doesn't make sense. :| it's supposed to be confusing.))
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There is love.
And then there is love
What is love? What is love? What is the meaning of those four letter words that humans spout so easily? Do they mean something?
What do they mean?
'I love you'
'I love you'
What is love? Or love?
Fourteenth doesn't know love. He knows Mana, he knows the Earl, the clan, the family, Rhode. But he doesn't know love.
There's Mana, who was always with him. There's Cross's, who's become his... 'friend'? Even after he lost his eye. There is the Earl, and there is the clan, the family.
But is it love? Or love?
Not love.
Fourteenth knows families and brothers, love and love, love. Love. Protect. Partiality. Taking sides. Love?
Maybe. Maybe not.
Fourteenth loves Mana. Mana. Loves him, loves him so much. And it hurts, because Mana is dead. Dead. Dead.
Lavi loves him. His Lavi. Love? Or love?
What is love? Or love?
So Fourteenth says 'i love you, too'.
Love.
I love Lavi.
Love him.
But he's a bookman. An Exorcist.
But he loves me.
And I love him.
Love?
Or love?
There is love. There is love.
And there is lust.
It's not love. Because Fourteenth loves Mana, and Mana only. Mana is Mana, and Lavi is Lavi. It's not the same. It's not love.
But it's not lust. Because Fourteenth knows lust, knows carnal desires, physical attraction, want. He knows lust.
He knows Allen. Crowvi. Friends. 'Friends'.
Friends.
And family.
Not friends. Not 'friends'.
Not family.
It's not lust.
...Is it love?
It's not love.
...Is it love?
But he only loves Mana.
But Lavi loves him.
So he says 'i don't know what i feel towards you....
..but if it's love, then, yes.
i still love you.'
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There is love.
And then there is love
What is love? What is love? What is the meaning of those four letter words that humans spout so easily? Do they mean something?
What do they mean?
'I love you'
'I love you'
What is love? Or love?
Fourteenth doesn't know love. He knows Mana, he knows the Earl, the clan, the family, Rhode. But he doesn't know love.
There's Mana, who was always with him. There's Cross's, who's become his... 'friend'? Even after he lost his eye. There is the Earl, and there is the clan, the family.
But is it love? Or love?
Not love.
Fourteenth knows families and brothers, love and love, love. Love. Protect. Partiality. Taking sides. Love?
Maybe. Maybe not.
Fourteenth loves Mana. Mana. Loves him, loves him so much. And it hurts, because Mana is dead. Dead. Dead.
Lavi loves him. His Lavi. Love? Or love?
What is love? Or love?
So Fourteenth says 'i love you, too'.
Love.
I love Lavi.
Love him.
But he's a bookman. An Exorcist.
But he loves me.
And I love him.
Love?
Or love?
There is love. There is love.
And there is lust.
It's not love. Because Fourteenth loves Mana, and Mana only. Mana is Mana, and Lavi is Lavi. It's not the same. It's not love.
But it's not lust. Because Fourteenth knows lust, knows carnal desires, physical attraction, want. He knows lust.
He knows Allen. Crowvi. Friends. 'Friends'.
Friends.
And family.
Not friends. Not 'friends'.
Not family.
It's not lust.
...Is it love?
It's not love.
...Is it love?
But he only loves Mana.
But Lavi loves him.
So he says 'i don't know what i feel towards you....
..but if it's love, then, yes.
i still love you.'