-102- [Voice]

[adventlead]

Mother, you've been quiet lately. So I thought I'd check on you. Is something wrong? Has anything been bothering you? I can come visit. I'll make it better, I promise. I only want to make you happy. Soon, that should be possible. I'll have it out, and then I can make our family the way it should be. Not like him.

...Mother?

[A pause as

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[purgatory_maren]

Not again...

Kadaj?

[adventlead]

I'm not talking to you.

[purgatory_maren]

Why not?

...

I'm going over there.

[adventlead]

Okay. You do that.

[purgatory_maren]

... I won't say anything. I just want to be with you.

[adventlead]

Let's be honest, Minato. I'm not some fragile piece of shit that needs to be put together constantly. Stop trying to fix me. I don't need it.

[purgatory_maren]

I'm not trying to fix you. There's nothing to fix- I'm just being selfish. Whether you need help or not, it doesn't mean I can just stop caring.

[adventlead]

Go be selfish with Sephiroth.

[purgatory_maren]

I don't love Sephiroth.

Kadaj, if you don't want me there, fine, I won't come. But you may as well stop this idiocy because you can't chase me away by being an asshole.

[adventlead]

But he's just so lovable!

Oh. Minato, you've got it all figured out. I was wrong to act this way. Let me make it up to you!

[purgatory_maren]

About as lovable as you are, right? I should just run to him.

Hilarious. I'll let you mourn your Mother in peace. I'm sorry I bothered you.

[adventlead]

Yeah, you should! Go run to him right now, Minato!

I'm not mourning! Here's a thought: maybe I don't care. I don't care about my stupid brothers. Why should anyone else be an exception? That just wouldn't be fair.

[purgatory_maren]

Yeah, because I feel like he'll just clean up all your messes, right?

No. I don't believe that. What I do believe is that it's what you want. You want to not care about her or anyone else so that you won't have to deal with this happening anymore.

[adventlead]

He has before. Hasn't he?

...

All I can do is blame other people, without doing anything about it myself. See that for yourself. It doesn't matter how much I care.

[purgatory_maren]

...No. He never has. Nobody has.

It doesn't mean that you shouldn't anymore. If you don't have anything to care about you won't bother to even take care of yourself. You have something driving you this way, don't you? You want it to stop, then do something about it. Remember what it was we wanted to do, or find those fucking Scientists. You're no coward.

[adventlead]

I want it out.