Hm.

[better_than_him]

...ah, so, looking back at Nanoha-chan's last message, I suppose everything all makes sense now.

...

Remind me to never consider the Daimons for babysitters.

Comments

[isnot_theworst]

... Kagura Tsukasa.

You are a dead man.

[better_than_him]

Ah, yes. The typical response.

Now, we just need your husband for a "I'll never forgive you" and we're set.

[kenkabanchou]

...

[better_than_him]

Well, we know you're THINKING it, anyway, so I suppose that will do.

:)

[livingontheweb]

Stuff a sock in it.

[better_than_him]

Mmm.

Let me think.

...

No.

[livingontheweb]

Alright, but don't say I didn't warn you.

[better_than_him]

...somehow, a young man such as yourself clad in a getup only slightly more ridiculous than DATS' uniforms is, I think, the least fear inducing thing I can imagine.

[crossstrategist]

Kicking people when they're down, Kagura?

You've learned all of Kurata's tricks then.

[better_than_him]

I just couldn't help but feel sorry for Katsuro-kun's chances, is all.

[crossstrategist]

Katsuro has done a fine job so far, and that's thanks to Masaru and Yoshino's influence.

[better_than_him]

...and again, the expected response.

Hmm. I suppose the odds can work both ways.

Always a fluke somewhere.

Well, for the here and now, anyway.

[saint_sami]

...!

How DARE you make a mockery of Nanoha-chan's memory!

[better_than_him]

Well.

One hangs around certain types, they bring it upon themselves, child.

[saint_sami]

...

Nanoha did what she did not because of Masaru and Yoshino, but because that's who she was inside! She was willing to give up her own happiness for the happiness of others!

[better_than_him]

And there lies a foolish statement if I ever heard one.

What is the point of such a thing if you aren't there to witness it yourself?

[scarybarrellove]

Soooo...

How's it feel to know that this is all you'll amount to? Talking trash to a corpse, I mean.

Well, I'll give you points for picking a more realistic target than last time.

I mean... You got into DATS HQ and couldn't kill even one person, right? Not even an area leader, when everyone was pretty much at your mercy. What, were there no babies with candy to steal? Or was it just too risky a target?

[better_than_him]

...ah, this is... Ashton Anchors, am I correct?

Somehow, given your... less than admirable performance during that same incident, I'm not very inclined to be all too insulted here.

Unfortunately, of course, you're right.. but I did make some underestimations during that whole ordeal, which I'm acutely aware of.

Live and learn, as they say.

[scarybarrellove]

Oooooo, yeah, less than admirable performance.

You mean how I didn't get killed when I didn't raise a blade to a bio-hybrid? The pinnacle of you and Kurata's work, right? How she couldn't KILL ME when I too was defenseless?

Yeah, I really sucked then, didn't I?

I mean, it's not like you guys weren't trying to kill everyone and everything to prove to yourselves that you're big men... I mean, if you WERE, I'd think a failure like that would really hurt.

Right?

[better_than_him]

...heh.

Do not confuse me for Kurata, good sir.

The Bio Hybrids are his handiwork.

Useful tools, but little else.

Insulting that creation is going to have little effect on me, as, really, there WERE obvious flaws in execution given that fact that we didn't fully succeed

Nor did we fully fail.

So, yes. Obvious work to be done.