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[adorabrawler]

because that's less to type

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[adorabrawler]

You feel the same?

[diluvian]

I don't know if I'm empty, but I don't like this result.

[adorabrawler]

Oh.

I just... thought this stuff didn't bother you, that's all.

[diluvian]

In some ways, it does. In others, it does. There are a lot of things I'm used to, but that doesn't mean I don't have preferences.

[adorabrawler]

... Right. Sorry, I guess I just assumed from before.

[diluvian]

I know it is difficult to understand for someone like you, but you don't have to try too hard to.

[ she doesn't mean this unkindly, just. it is what it is. ]

[adorabrawler]

For someone like me...?

[diluvian]

Human. Young.

[adorabrawler]

[ she huffs with a hint of exasperation ]

How many times do I have to say I'm not unused to that sort of thing...

[diluvian]

What aren't you unused to?

[adorabrawler]

You know. Death. Dying. All the complicated feelings that come with it.

[diluvian]

[ that isn't surprising. people can have shitty lives where they're exposed to death from a young age, but mizuki still behaves her age.

which says enough. it's not inherently a bad thing. ]

Are you used to killing competitions? Games where your life is on the line?

[adorabrawler]

... No. That one's new, even to me.

[diluvian]

Inexperience is not a terrible thing in this case, but it doesn't help you here.

[ unfortunately. ]

[adorabrawler]

Yeah? Is there anyone here who has experience with our situation?

[diluvian]

It's not a foreign concept for me.

[adorabrawler]

You've done this before?

[diluvian]

I've been witness.

[adorabrawler]

To... what?

[diluvian]

To this kind of thing. Games where people kill and die.

[adorabrawler]

... Oh. Were they hoping to come back to life, too?

[diluvian]

No, not quite. It was different circumstances but similar set up without the mystery or trial set up.

[ she means more battle royale without saying it in such precise words for mizuki. ]

[adorabrawler]

So, killing actually alive people for a game.

[ ... ]

That's just a battle royale.

[ SHE'LL SAY IT THEN ]

[diluvian]

[ well, if she wants to get to it, okay. ]

It is. High stakes and extreme.