unsaid | help

I think Dimitri is just always like that.

[ just in general.

but he nods. ]

But at the very least, it gives us somewhat more insight on how these things can go-- we can help compare to what these other people went through.

Mm, that is true. It seems that none besides the village experience a situation that involved partners.

... or a near extermination of the living.

Let's hope we don't have a repeat of that. I am not sure if everyone here would as easily come to an agreement about that like the villagers did.

I feel similarly.

Shess isn’t here…

[stop]

Oh no.

Not your Shess.

[he actually looks a little sad]

My Shess...

[ hm. he pokes his cheek. ]

... well, it's best that he's not here.

... I suppose. Knowing who his hostage may have been...

[ . . . he shake his head faintly before pressing a kiss to tsuru's cheek, opposite where he's poking jiji

and then he will move to start walking again. his tea...]

We will make do with our numbers. We will have to watch over Futaba Sakura as well. [a glance to tsuru] And you.

I am able to watch over myself, my dear Lune-chan.

[ he does not believe he requires to be babysat? ]

[well,]

Two deaths in two experiences is enough to unsettle even me, Tsurumaru-chan.

Two whole deaths? Wow.

[ he glances at him, but his expression borders more on amused than anything. ]

Wow.

[just repeats it

he'll cup tsuru's cheek then, letting his thumb brush over his face]

... why take such measures to hide it from me [with questionable results] if you remain so shameless, Tsurumaru Kuninaga?

I didn't want you to fuss over it. In the end, I am now alive, and that's what matters.

[ he doesn't have to think about it. ]

Who did you ask?

No one.

But enough was said to make an educated guess [mostly dimitri said something that tipped jiji off] and none but you could provide a confirmation I would find satisfying.

Do you think I am fussing?

I do. I don't need to be watched.

[ if he really wanted to, he could have warned the others to not mention it to anyone, but... ]

The second time was an accident. I was trying to bring someone back inside, and it went... wrong. It won't happen again.

[ tsuru is never going to be nice to a kid on a thursday ever again ]

Oh? Have we not covered that I am always watching you?

[ . . . though his expression softens slightly in understanding then. it really is just a bad string of events for tsuru, isn't it?

though he understands just as easily how irritating it can be, to be perceived.

doesn't really stop him anyway.]

You have my faith.

[even more than his trust]

... good. I would be insulted if you thought I was unable to take care of myself.

[ he says to the sword who needs help getting dressed

but has his luck in these things been bad? yes. horribly so. yet at the end of the day, he's still a sword, and that still carries a specific kind of pride. ]

What kind of tea would you like?

Ha ha ha. No, no. It is I who cannot take care of myself.

We would be quite a mess if it were us both.

[though of course he only means this in jest. he will go to take a seat instead of helping.]

Whatever you desire to drink today.