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[unknownrival]

[Picture of a phone goes here]

You've reached Ryudo Issei. I can't pick up the phone right now for one reason or another, but if you leave a message, I'll be sure to get back to you as soon as possible.

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[unknownrival]

You know your wife better than I do. Ask yourself that.

[croibhristeoir]

....that's exactly the problem. I feel like I hardly know her at all anymore. I have no idea how she'll react or what to expect.

[unknownrival]

...In that case, prepare for the worst. But you must be honest with her or it will definitely be the worst.

[croibhristeoir]

When have you known me to ever lie to anyone?

[unknownrival]

Never.

[But he's never known him to cheat on his wife either.]

[croibhristeoir]

[Ouch.]

...she's going to hate me for this. I probably deserve it.

[unknownrival]

No, Diarmuid. You don't deserve hatred.

[croibhristeoir]

Why on earth not?! In the space of one night I've gone behind Grainne's back and kissed a woman fully committed to someone else--if that is not deserving of something like scorn or hatred, I do not know what is!

...Maybe Kayneth was right. What if I really have been a womanizer all this time?

[unknownrival]

No! Don't call yourself that even for a second! Loving two people isn't the same as that...!

[croibhristeoir]

...then tell me, what is it?

[unknownrival]

...It is painful. Both for you and for those so loved. But it is not the same as that.

[croibhristeoir]

I thought...I could finally be done with things like this, as long as I was here. But now if anything it has only become that much worse. And if this is truly the kind of pain that comes with unrequited love, then...then all this time I've surely been the worst kind of monster to exist--!

...I'm so tired of this, Issei. All of it. I'd rather die a thousand more times than endure this.

[unknownrival]

Do you think that would ease everyone else's pain any?

[croibhristeoir]

Does it even matter at this point?

[unknownrival]

It does. Because it's worth it.

[croibhristeoir]

...what am I supposed to do now?

[unknownrival]

You do have to tell your wife. I can't say much more than that.

[croibhristeoir]

I know. I would not dare hide something like this from her.

[unknownrival]

I know that. I have faith in you.

[croibhristeoir]

I-

....no, forget it. It's nothing.

[unknownrival]

Niisan?

[croibhristeoir]

...Ever since she came here, it's seemed like something between Gráinne and myself has changed significantly. As if there's some kind of impassable distance I can not properly describe.

Issei, I...have this terrible feeling lately that the reason for this sense of separation between us is that my curse no longer has a hold on her. And if that's the case, then...would everything have been a lie?

[unknownrival]

She loved you. For whatever reason, she loved you, and you loved her.

[croibhristeoir]

But if...if what she felt was all because of that, then I...

[unknownrival]

I don't know, Niisan. I truly don't.