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[tyki_tock]

[The video opens on a large opulent room, which any Exorcists would probably recognize as looking remarkably like the room at the top of the first Ark. Tyki is sitting at a long table, cutting into a steaming joint of roast beef. The table is laden with food and bottle of wine, lit with candles

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[truthinfortune]

This isn't a game, Tyki.

Since you drew my card first, I'll take it as a sign that I should lead the assault on your lair.

[tyki_tock]

Life is a game, Naoto! You just need to learn to see the lighter side of life.

That was totally random, but you're welcome to come and try.

[truthinfortune]

I'm having a hard time doing that, all things considered. There are too many lives hanging in the balance.

Fate and Fortune is what I'm all about! Rest assured, I'll pick a strong team to take you on. I know for a fact I'm not the only one who wants to save you.

[tyki_tock]

Too bad you care about things like that.

Blah blah, you're all deluded. Bring the strongest team you want. Allen tried to cut me out, and it only made me stronger. It won't be any different with you.

[truthinfortune]

It's proof that I have a heart, that I'm human.

It will be different. We're not trying to cut anything out of you. We're going to make you whole again...

[tyki_tock]

Humans are weak.

No way. He'll never accept me. He's afraid he'll become me if he does.

[truthinfortune]

Alone, yes. But when we band together, we can become strong. It's the strength of those bonds which has allowed us to make it this far.

But your only one facet of the totality of Tyki's being. Without you, Tyki would not be Tyki. Surely, he must understand this...

[tyki_tock]

Hah, you're one of the people who would hate us if you knew I was a real part of Tyki. He denies my strength, because he wants to be able to hang around with humans like you, good humans, moral humans.

I don't really belong with people like you.

[truthinfortune]

...I don't know if I'm really a "good" person or not. I've made so many mistakes. I've hurt someone close to me... I've been selfish and cowardly... Does that still make me a "good" person?

I think it's a bit late for you to back out at this point. You've already made too many connections with others. Would you really be able to tear that web of relationships so easily? There is no such thing as a man who belongs wholly to himself. In life, connections with others are made, and something is always shared...

[tyki_tock]

You're no murderer, Naoto. You don't take pleasure in other people's pain and suffering, like I do.

If they back out, I won't have much choice, now will I?

[truthinfortune]

...

But that's the thing: they're not going to back out. That's why we're going to find you and save you. You can't push us away anymore.

[tyki_tock]

No answer to that, do you?

I don't need saving. I need him to listen, and stop with all of this bullshit.

[truthinfortune]

I can't deny that finding pleasure in violence is one aspect of you. But it's not the only aspect. There is more to you than that, Tyki. There is also the side of you that appreciates the fragility of humans and doesn't want to break them. Why else would you marry a human, then? Why else would you leave the Clan of Noah behind?

[tyki_tock]

That's that part you don't get, foolish girl. He hasn't left the Clan of Noah behind. Not one bit. He's just pretending to, and fooling himself as much as anyone.

[truthinfortune]

I know. You can never truly leave your family behind, at least not that which is in your blood. Tyki will always be Noah's Pleasure, but that is who he is. It doesn't mean that he has to hate all of humanity just because he is a Noah. He is still his own person...

[tyki_tock]

You're wrong about that, too. Tyki belongs to the Earl of Millennium.