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[marcato]

WELCOME TO YOUR PRIVATE CHANNEL, SATURNSCHILD. FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION, USE 001.00.653.90 *** SATURNSCHILD has joined 001.00.653.90 <saturnschild> Hello. <saturnschild> I'm listening.

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text; UN:psydekick | July 2

[missleadingquestions]

[there is a long stream of messages, each sent individually.]

> hey
> hey
> hey
> hey anenome
> hi
> hey
> anenome
> annie baby
> anana
> hey
> i have a question

<saturnschild>

[marcato]

You sound more like Dandy every day.

It's disappointing.

<psydekick>

[missleadingquestions]

it's gotta be a hard life getting disappointed every time someone gets hotter around you huh?

<saturnschild>

[marcato]

What do you want?

<psydekick> 1/2

[missleadingquestions]

i have a bone to pick

with you ☆

2/2

[missleadingquestions]

see in the last world you killed my sister and there was nothing poor little human me could do

but we're not humans anymore anime

what did you do to Makoto

[marcato]

[Beat.]

Call me by my proper name, and maybe I'll tell you.

[missleadingquestions]

[Well, that implies there's a chance he won't either way, so she has nothing to lose.]

Alright alriiiight, Aunamee

[ . . . don't villains usually have like, long names that are puns?]

I don't know if your name is longer than that?????

[marcato]

It isn't.

Your friend, Makoto, has found herself caught up in the god war. It's a shame. I thought she was smarter.

[missleadingquestions]

sounds like you were afraid

[marcato]

I'm afraid of what Elias will do if he gains any more power. I did my duty as Her priest.

[missleadingquestions]

did she tell you kill her
bc i dont see the other priests putting out hit lists on my sisters

[marcato]

Most of the other priests are weak. They fear retribution from their fellow monsters, or cocoon themselves with self-loathing.

I'm stronger than them.

[missleadingquestions]

or maybe theyre just not afraid that a girl who just wants to be safe is any threat to them!!!!!!!

Ive met a lot of criminals aunamee!!! I'm still an attorney's assistant!!
I've met brave people who hurt others just trying to keep them safe
And ive met horrible ones who killed others just to get power

But youre the biggest coward Ive ever had to meet

I thought you were better than this or just misunderstood

But I was the one who misunderstood all along. You're nothing but a big baby hiding under mommy's foggy skirt

No wonder you have to try so hard to make her happy. But i know how that feels too, Aunamee

And it's never gonna happen.

[marcato]

[It doesn't bother him when she calls him a coward -- he knows that can't be true. The other insults roll right off of his back as well. He's heard them before, and he simply refuses to internalize them. She doesn't know any better, he tells himself. She's like all the others.

It's the last thing she says that makes his back go rigid.]

Shut up.

[He's not aware of fingers typing. They just do.]

Shut up. Shut up. Shut up.

[missleadingquestions]

[It's an unusual feeling, but something about this makes Maya feel... validated. She smiles— almost bitterly— at her PC.]

Good night, Aunamee.