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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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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.

I do shit that's got clear meaning without any special context. I get what I want out of it, doin' too well to write it all up to luck; people bet on me and win so often you can't even call it a gamble.

I get love but don't let love get me.

YOU got love on the brain.

You sure you know which one of us's the idiot?

I am absolutely sure.

But that don't make no sense.

In other words, you make no sense when it comes to thinkin' about me.

So, that means...

There is something seriously wrong with your thought process if you believe that for a second.

But yer nonsensical when yer in love. Right? So it'd have to come with some kinda really messed up thought process.

This is becoming incredibly frustrating.

[A frustrated Issei is an Issei who is not choking on sobs. Greed takes a moment to gloat over what a good person he is.]

Becoming. So, I wasn't before! Meaning you fake bein' frustrated at me when you actually like me pretty good.