[ic, backdated to vacation-period stuff]

[count_onme]

[Continued from here. Beware of large falling Gankutsuou spoilers.]

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[wearswallpaper]

...It isn't my world anymore, Albert.

You don't have to worry. I'm content. Even more so now, that you've accepted what must happen.

[count_onme]

What-- You're missing the point, Franz! Are you really going to be happy with just that for the rest of your life? What about when I leave here?

[wearswallpaper]

You're assuming I'll have a "rest of my life".

When you leave, I'll continue on as I was before you arrived, until the day I inevitably will have to go.

[count_onme]

So if I leave before you, you're just going to sit here alone and wait for death? You can't seriously tell me that's anything to look forward to!

[wearswallpaper]

I don't mind it?

Why are you worrying about this? I'm not unhappy.

[count_onme]

I know.

... When I go home, I... want to be able to think that you're still alive out there, somewhere, even if it's somewhere I can't reach. Finding a new reason to live and be happy, even. ... That's why I said it was a selfish request.

[wearswallpaper]

...All right.

[count_onme]

... When you make that face it makes me feel like the bad guy. If the prospect is that unappealing, just say so! I can't understand it, but... all the same.

[wearswallpaper]

Albert...

We have time, don't we? Who knows, something may come up. I'll certainly try.

[count_onme]

... Then that's all I ask for. [Snorts] Don't force yourself.

[wearswallpaper]

I'm not accustomed to you worrying over me.

[count_onme]

I know. You're always... looking out for me. But who's looking out for you?

[wearswallpaper]

I wasn't aware I needed looking out for.

[count_onme]

Well then, consider yourself informed.

[wearswallpaper]

If you have all the information, then where is it we should go?