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[artisticliberty]

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[mapsio]

[ ....CUTE.


Haru tries to imitate the face. ]

[artisticliberty]

[fox chuckles]

Are you trying to become a fish?

[mapsio]

It would be helpful right now.

[artisticliberty]

To swim among them, not a care in the world? I feel that way too, sometimes.

But I am glad to be here with you, instead.

[mapsio]

I just wanted to help my team earlier...I'm not sure if I did at this point.

[artisticliberty]

I cannot imagine you putting in a half-hearted effort towards something like that.

[mapsio]

Of course I didn't half heart it.

[ Sighing. ] It's come to the point where I don't think I will be able to say I will try my hardest tp protect my friends and my unit. And I hate it. I really hate it.

[artisticliberty]

Why can you not say it?

[mapsio]

Because it will make people unhappy. It seems.

[artisticliberty]

Who is unhappy with you?

[do i need to fight hss]

[mapsio]

I think...all of us are unhappy with our seeming inability to agree on how to play.

[artisticliberty]

Were you not all able to come to an agreement on how to play?

[mapsio]

We agreed this time that we couldn't go back on protecting ourselves.


But not without it feeling bad.

[artisticliberty]

[shifts so he can rest his chin on her shoulder]

It is a difficult decision to make... but it is progress.

[mapsio]

There were things...difficult to hear too. How do you deal with handling someone telling you that you sold them glass as diamonds, in regards to "family".

[artisticliberty]

[narrows his eyes...]









[wait]

I do not think I understand the metaphor.

[mapsio]

Like...someone sold you glass cut in the shape of a diamond. Told you it was a diamond, but it was really glass all along. So... selling the idea of unit as a family, we cannot unify, so therefore the diamond...is just glass.



Confusing right?

[artisticliberty]

Yes. And inaccurate.

[mapsio]

You're making a face, darling.

[artisticliberty]

[:T]

How can I not make a face when this has clearly hurt you? I do not know why anyone would accuse you of such a thing.

[mapsio]

It was targeted at the unit as a whole...since we haven't been very cohesive.

[ Sigh. ] Still hurts.

[artisticliberty]

[double sigh]

I am sorry, my love. It is not your fault things have turned out this way.

[...]

I think Mars would have been proud of you for trying.

[mapsio]

[ The second sting, Mars. ]

...

[ And she can't even say anything now. ]

[artisticliberty]

[just holds her close, pressing his face to her neck]

[mapsio]

Why did they have to take Mars...

[ He was...the one person who kept shouting at HSS to stop being fools. ]