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[he'd been 'good' long enough, and it's left a bad taste in his mouth. The acid tang of failure and disappointment and restlessness. So... he is hardly surprised when he finds himself snatching mentally at a stray presence on the edge of town and drawing them to him. It was nearly an accident, really. An instinctual reaction. One that he won't be

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[Vash wanted to just ignore you, but he became concerned even before the post was suddenly locked just to him. "I'm tired of waiting" and what was that noise he had heard after that?]

Legato... what are you doing?

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[He wants to snap back. You are not his friend and you certainly did not do that to make him feel better. He knows damn well the only reason you did that was to hurt him, but he bites his tongue . Getting angry won't help Kaori.] People don't usually remember Luceti when they return home.

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[there is the sound of cloth shifting as he stands, and takes a few steps from the journal. Wandering closer to the girl, looking down at her. Through her.]

How frustrating. ...Though, I suppose it would have been worse if you had returned with the knowledge of what was to come. Unable to stop it, unable to prevent fate.

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[goldenglasses]

Yes it would have.

What do you want, Legato?

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This. This is what I want. A little cooperation; give and take.

[abruptly, some of the tension in her arm releases, circulation and feeling rushing back into the overextended limb. Enjoy the relief while you can, girl]

I want to know what you've learned since that small, unimaginably young, age. Surely you must have learned some new lesson since then?

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[Kaori lets out a gasp, the relief showing on her face immediately. Maybe she can still get away, no matter how vain it seemed.]

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I can't even remember everything I did.

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That is unfortunate.

[sorry, wrong answer. Your rest is apparently very brief, Kaori. This time, a shiver of will is going to run along your spine, Drawing it back like a bow, to its limit]

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[Kaori lets out another shriek, crushing her wings as she's bent backwards. She's scared. She's scared and why isn't anyone helping her if they can hear?]

Vade! [Which father she was calling to she doesn't know, she just wants one of them to come.]

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STOP IT, LEGATO! STOP IT! LET HER GO! LET HER GO NOW!

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Hearing you yell like that, it sounds so sincere. You make it sound as though you actually care.

[keeping that raw tension strung through her spine, muscle spasms racing along her ribs and over her back at the strain]

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I do care! Please! Let her go! What do you want?! Just stop hurting her! Please.

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If you truly cared, you would listen. If you really valued these people, you wouldn't be so foolish. Your destructive habits haven't changed at all, Vash.

[remember everything that happened on Gunsmoke? It's happening again, here.]

I don't want anything complicated. I want you to answer my questions. I want you to listen when I have something to say.

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I'm listening! I'll listen!

[Legato wanted him to learn something. What did he want to learn from being a kid? Something he hardly remembers? Well, he does remember one thing.]

I learned that I can't change the past here and trying to won't get me anywhere!

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I suppose that is a start.

[he releases the girl's spine, then. Throwing her carelessly over onto her stomach to breathe for a moment]

You know... for all your idolization of mankind, you have missed one important skill of their entirely. They learn. They listen, and adapt, and make decisions that will deeply impact their very short lives. But you, with all of your years of experience, you have learned excruciatingly little.

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[The sense of relief is immense as she struggles to breathe, the rest of her uncontrolled body scrambling to try to get away. She couldn't even think straight with the amount of pain she was in.]