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It's only Eris being Eris. She knows exactly what to say to cause a panic, and I won't fall for it.

[Issei sighs, and there's the sound of a paper crinkling. The next few sentences sound like Issei's reading them off from newspaper headlines, which he is.]

"Kaitou Kid claims his prize yet again." "Gem returned by Kaitou Kid." "Task force foiled in their chase again."

He hasn't been caught. I don't need to talk to him or anyone on his world to confirm it, because I know. I know him, and that's enough to know that he hasn't been caught.

And why should it matter if he remembers me or not, anyway! I told her that if he was safe from the community's whims, it was good enough for me, and I meant it. It isn't as if he needs me, so I don't, I don't-

[There's something like a choking sound.]

...Hakuba's support would have been valuable right about now. I haven't even begun to process that one.

It'll be fine.

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Well, he used to know my name.

He can't even be mad or happy about you worryin' about him.

Missing him's fine, but gettin' yourself worked up over somethin' that might not even be happenin', that you definitely can't do shit about if it is s'too much. You'll get to thinkin' about all the people you might've forgot and lost every trace of and wonderin' if you should worry about them, or worrying about how many people you forgot about who're worryin' about you and feel guilty and you'll find all kindsa ways to freak out.

Don't be- [Pause.] ...That's actually fairly reasonable.

Ou! Looks like you got smarter while you were gone! You can recognize my genius now!

Don't get egotistical. Well, more than you already were.

I'm not really sure if I can get too much more awesome than I already am, so that probably means I can't get any more proud of myself than I already am...

Have you heard the expression 'a stopped clock is right twice a day'? Just because you said something that was reasonable, does not mean that you're a genius.

I was a genius before you were even born, kid.

I wonder what happened to make you such an idiot now.

No matter how you look at it, I'm doin' pretty good for myself.

Many idiots do.

So what makes 'em idiots?

They're lucky, but they're wrong and they're stupid and their ideas drive people with sense insane.

So the people with sense're the ones who waste time and energy worrying about idiots whose luck might not hold out?

Love involves often doing things that are nonsensical.

So idiots are people who fall in love. Pretty sure that makes me a genius.

You're getting it completely wrong again!

But you just said you were the one doin' "nonsensical" shit.

There is a difference between doing nonsensical things and being an idiot.

The difference is that an idiot's wrong and drives people nuts, right?

Something like that.

But, y'know, nonsense's so far out there, 'n so far off from right it can't even be called wrong. It's just nonsense. No. Sense. With another n in there somewhere. And unlike an idiot, even if someone all caught up nonsense gets lucky, it doesn't pay off or do anything, since there's no sense. You wouldn't even know if you were lucky.

Someone who can't even tell if they're lucky's probably more of an idiot, don'tcha think?

...You are completely missing the point!

Nonsense's got a point?

I am a sane, reasonable man. I do things that are nonsensical only because they have meaning and sense in the context of being in love. Because people who don't understand love can't understand it, but people who have been in my place will grasp it perfectly. When love isn't involved, I act sensibly.

You are an idiot all the time.