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[This evening Axel has holed himself up in the battle dome for a few hours. Coming back from a mission a week ago made him realize just how rusty he's gotten. I guess that's what happens when you're on permanent vacation and have an almost daily ice cream habit. So he's making use of the battle scenarios, programming it to simulate

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[voice] /here neither

[personafalsify]

Not really. I'm not sure I even remember the date I arrived. [ He just remembers that it was cold. ]

[voice]

[flared]

No? So you don't remember it's coming up soon?

[voice]

[personafalsify]

There was snow on the ground, so I guess it's probably sometime around now. It... didn't really seem like it mattered. [ At the time, at least. ]

[voice]

[flared]

Depends on if you want it to matter. So people look at their anniversary here the as the anniversary of getting a second chance.

[voice]

[personafalsify]

... How about you?

[flared]

Me? Nah. Date doesn't really hold an importance to me. Most of 'em don't.

[...yeah, he still needs to work on that lying thing.]

[personafalsify]

You remember mine.

[flared]

[Oh, you caught him.]

It was easy to remember.

[personafalsify]

... Right. [ THIS IS THE SOUND OF SKEPTICISM ]

[flared]

Hey. Don't give me that.

[personafalsify]

Why not? Why would you remember it, anyway?

[flared]

Does it matter?

[personafalsify]

... Maybe.

[filtered]

[flared]

[There's a pause for a few moments while Axel throws a filter on this.]

All right, I might actually keep track of everything.

[personafalsify]

[ This is still filtered, screw subject lines. ]

Why? Just... because?

[flared]

I dunno, really. Roxas told me once he keeps track of the number of days that go by because it was something to hang onto. I guess I see it that way too; Something to hang onto when you don't have much to hold on to.