Look - I believe you can do it by yourself. You're smarter than most people I know. But if you ever need someone to come in and rip up some carpet, I'm around. Jae-ha said he'd hop me around if I wanted.
They're both a bit more self-aware than I expected, but I think you're right. Whatever has led them both to have so many names means they're striving for something while hiding something.
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I do, but what would cause him more misery is if another family took care of him, so I'll have to wait for that to happen. It shouldn't be too long.
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[ bluntly. ]
Look - I believe you can do it by yourself. You're smarter than most people I know. But if you ever need someone to come in and rip up some carpet, I'm around. Jae-ha said he'd hop me around if I wanted.
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The funniest thing about my father is that he's never considered I could betray him. [ she smiles. ] You'd do that for me, Vi?
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a little flicker of something that's approaching loyalty, and then: ]
Sure. Wahoos, right, they've got to stick together. [ flippantly. ]
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Wahoo... magnetic enough that we're drawing them all to this side.
[ it's a joke. roxana doesn't need to see more of them on this side. ]
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[ dryly. ]
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still... sort of dry: ]
Yeah, well. Aren't we all.
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[ faintly teasing ]
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That's a guy I wouldn't ever call a lord.
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That's what anyone is doing whenever they choose to call him Childe instead of Tartaglia. Both of his names are an entertaining choice for him.
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but, also. after a second, a little more seriously: ]
I think they're both missing something, they just don't know what.
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They're both a bit more self-aware than I expected, but I think you're right. Whatever has led them both to have so many names means they're striving for something while hiding something.
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[ she tilts her head back. ]
Or just getting tired of being bitten over and over and deciding it's not going to hurt you anymore.
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[ she's not the type to shrug, but it's kind of that vibe. ]
But it's also not my business if it's either or both.
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Yeah? Don't care that much about their inner workings? [ a beat. ] Guess that tracks. You keep everybody at arm's length.
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It'd take more than asking a few pointed questions.
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[ amused. ]
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[ also amused. ]
I'm not, but it's tempting sometimes.