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[unknownrival]

[Issei's dressed in his robes again.]

What do people do for their twenty-first birthday besides drink alcohol? We just had a large party, so I don't feel that throwing one for my birthday in - two and a half weeks is needed. But I do like to celebrate my birthdays. Decisions, decisions.

It's hard to believe that I was seventeen when I joined. Time really does fly.

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[unknownrival]

I'm still sorry. If there's anything I can do...

[starofchaos]

It was not your fault. I have learnt from my mistake.

[unknownrival]

I still feel bad about it despite knowing that there was little else I could have done.

[starofchaos]

You could always have contacted an angel. Surely my dislike of them would have distracted me from you. Or perhaps not. You did appear quite arresting in my mind at the time.

[unknownrival]

Eh? You weren't that bothersome to me at all. I was more concerned with the fallout after you recovered than anything you might have said or done at the time.

[Even if he looked like he was mentally undressing him a couple times.]

[starofchaos]

I would not have harmed you. There is no need to be concerned for that.

I was more angry at myself than anything else.

[unknownrival]

I wasn't really concerned over being harmed.

The community is powerful - there's no reason to be ashamed of being affected by it.

[starofchaos]

Short of YHVH, there are not many who would have that level of power over me.

[unknownrival]

You've discovered one. You'll know to be a bit more wary in the future.

[starofchaos]

Yes. At least it was merely embarassing, rather than dangerous.

[unknownrival]

It could have even been more embarrassing than that.

[starofchaos]

Such as? Do you happen to have an example?

[unknownrival]

I've been turned into a woman about four separate times, had my private thoughts broadcast for all to hear, had my dreams and my memories shown, been turned into a small blue rabbit... The list goes on.

[starofchaos]

...

No, I think none of those would embarass me quite as much.

[unknownrival]

I've been in love with two people at once? Logically that would be twice as embarrassing.

[starofchaos]

Oh dear. At least that did not happen yesterday. I might have caused some trouble then.

[unknownrival]

Or you could have fallen for someone who didn't normally like you anyway. Which tends to be more irritating, but still embarrassing.

[starofchaos]

...well now. That would have been a problem.

But I suspect the embarassing part would be how to explain their disappearance.


...

Just a joke.

[unknownrival]

...Aha. Lucky for me that we get along so well.

[starofchaos]

You're smart, Ryudo-san. Even if we hadn't, I'm sure you would have been fine.

[unknownrival]

I'm glad to hear that. I have responsibilities that I can't accomplish if I disappear.

[starofchaos]

Far be it for anyone to take you away from those.

[unknownrival]

They'd better know who they're dealing with first.

[starofchaos]

Do you mean yourself, or your friends?

[unknownrival]

It was meant to be a joke, which would have been about myself.