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So it worked more quickly this time. [...] I'm supposed to be happy about this, right, Anna?

[...] Judging by this event, Master Joshua, you should be happy all the time.

Hee hee. That's probably true. The nail that sticks up always gets hammered down. Why should my opinion be any different?

[...] You do not believe that.

Now see, it's really hard to argue with you when you say things like that. You know I have nothing to defend myself with when it comes to my headspace. Manners, Anna.

[...] I fail to see why you insist on saying nothing you actually mean. You hurt people that way.

This song and dance again? I told you, I'm not here to make friends.

[...] Rin was not your friend?

You know the answer to that.

[...] Of course I do. I want to hear it from you.

Because saying it will make it... what? More truthful?

[...] Of course. You said it yourself - admitting your problem is the first step to acceptance.

You can't say it's not justified.

[...] You cannot use your past as a crutch.

It sounds terribly melodramatic when you put it like that. Are we reading too much of the journal, dear?

[...] Stop changing the subject.

You're really on the warpath today, aren't you? It's really too bad I never found you that Dawn Stone.

[...] You would have, wouldn't you?

I thought we were focusing on a subject here.

[...] I am getting to that.

Please do.

[...] You should apologize.

I should.

[...] You should explain.

I could.

[...] You are ridiculously cruel, a bastion of bad habits, you are completely consumed with yourself-

And this is a bad thing because?

[...] You are lonelier than any human I have ever known, and you know how to fix it.

Of course I do. I'm not stupid.

[...] You make a good show of it. Do you know what I think?

Most all the time, yes.

[...] You are frightened.

Rin's implied that more than once, hasn't she?

[...] I cannot see how you expect to make a clean break from her if you keep talking about her.

Other things I talk about without making any sort of emotional attachment whatsoever: the state of my wardrobe, the time of day, January-

[...] Liar. You worry.

I'd get wrinkles. By the way, Anna, does mine psychic bond betray me, or is this concern?

[...] Something I happen to do more openly than you.

Your superiority complex is showing.

[...] At least I have the common sense to keep mine hidden.

Common sense?

[...] We have been over this before. When will you begin to listen to me? When your plan for this world ends in inevitable failure?

Oh, ye of little faith.

[...] You have said so yourself, you know - it is embedded inextricably within this world's code. You cannot win. This is a doomed game.

I've always had a thing for lost causes.

[...] He was right, you know. I am not sure if you are the most selfish person I have ever met or the least.

I thought you had me figured out!

[...] I know you. I often do not know why, but I do know you.

That's a veeery special thing, dear. And do you know what that makes you?

[...] A veeeeeeeery special girl.

Very good~.

[...] They will keep finding things out there.

That they will.

[...] She will keep working. She's found Six, you know.

All the better.

[...] Was this a part of your plan?

Not really. If Cabot was plan beta, these trips have always been somewhere along the lines of plan delta.

[...] I do not like plan alpha.

You don't like anything.

[...] I could always stop talking to you, you know.

You say that, but...

[...] I pity you too deeply to stop.

It's an addiction. You need help.

[...] So do you.

... I'm sorry.

[...] [a flabbergasted pause...]

I know. I also know that you use your sincerity to manipulate me. It is absurd.

It's happening, right? It's not all that absurd.

[...] This is not about me.

It never has been.

[...] You are impossible.

I'm improbable.

[...] And unsympathetic.

And how.

[...] This conversation is going nowhere.

Perhaps we'd better derail it.

[...] Do you insist?

Only if you do.

[...] Apologize to her.

No.

[a little growl, and then a huffy silence.]

Come on~. Play chess with me!

[...] Gardevoir.

Good girl.

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