CCCXLI. Voice

[dark_butler]

[A quiet, almost distracted murmur of someone who doesn't realize he's speaking aloud, accompanied by quiet clinks, the sounds of drawers opening and closing, and something that might be a file rasping on metal.]One, two, three... I need more gunpowder. New shells. Should investigate gloves that make handling silver less problematic. Ironic to make

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She's not cursed, so strike outs = deleted

[steeldame]

Hm. Is he trying to "replace" me with this girl, Asuka?

Perhaps you ought to walk away from the computer today, Walter.

[dark_butler]

Don't you think I've tried that? I certainly have, but I find myself back at the computer without thinking about it. It's much the same way you attempt to not think abut the pink rhinoceros and thus it is the thing at the forefront of your mind in much the same way I try not to think of the Elder Alucard sighing your name in his sleep on the network, but of course with you here, it is one of the first things I think of.

[steeldame]

Alucard. Is everything you think when you speak or see me about him? Because I seldom made that mental link.

[dark_butler]

I hardly think it is appropriate of you to be taking advantage of this curse in that fashion, Integral. I would say that I was certain that Arthur would disapprove, but I know him well enough to know that he would be one to press an advantage if it suited him. Darjeeling, lhapsang soochang, Earl Grey, jasmine...

[steeldame]

I wasn't taking advantage, Walter, at least not consciously. Perhaps I am not as controlled as you believed. When I read that, I couldn't help but wonder and forget about your current predicament. Know I would ask again once the day ends.

What my father disapproves or not, it's not of my business or yours. We are bound to disagree.

[dark_butler]

Assam, darjeeling, nilgiri, ceylon, dimbula, nuwara eliya, uva, good day, malabar chai, gunpowder green.