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[nomagisterpet]

[ The imps switch on the device in time to see a bowl thrown angrily against a wall, splintering into pieces with a crack

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[nomagisterpet]

[ He halts, about to turn it off and paused at the unexpected response. ]

There has to be a way out.

[nomagisterpet]

A fine answer. Effective, to negate a potential struggle.

[ He's not taking it at face value, here. He doesn't know you. ]

[transcendens]

[ Sousuke's voice is as bland as the expression on his face, though there's the faintest undercurrent of understanding in his mild tone. ]

No chain is indestructible, however impossible to break it may seem.

[nomagisterpet]

True enough. Though simple determination would not be enough.

[transcendens]

Not usually, no. I've found it also helps to be possessed of a bit of cleverness, too.

[nomagisterpet]

Unfortunate that I'm in no mood to sit and be clever, for the time being.

[nomagisterpet]

The world could only be so simple to a similarly simple mind.

[ Yeah. You heard him. ]

[nomagisterpet]

A pity. It might have paired so nicely with the insinuation that I was born to be a slave.

It's a loss I'll bear.

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[tsuridasu]

[a chuckle] It's quite an unfortunate thing, isn't it? Though, for two other "chained" individuals to show up in the same period? I must admit I'm quite surprised.

Welcome to the Floating World. You'll find these chains the loveliest of them all.

[nomagisterpet]

Yet they are chains all the same.

[tsuridasu]

Well, of course. But one grows used to them. Though I find it distasteful to say chains. I've always been more fond of the metaphor of being the goldfish that can't exist outside of its bowl. It's a bit more accurate.

[She takes a drag from her pipe, blowing the smoke into the air] Ah, but you'll find there's no use to trying to break free of them. Even if you leave the district, apparently there's nothing beyond the walls. It's a fake freedom.

[nomagisterpet]

There is where we came from. There need be nothing else.

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[brightsiding]

[ She's pretty familiar with what he's feeling, honestly; while working to get her wish granted was preferable to a choice between being a Cie'th and destroying a world... Neither are quite exactly 'freedom.' ]

But... It's not so bad, huh? Because at least here, you're going to end up getting your wish granted... Right?

[nomagisterpet]

Do you really believe that?

[ Sounds pretty skeptical, himself ]

[brightsiding]

Yeah. I do. [ She nods. ]

Don't you?

[nomagisterpet]

Slavers are not known for keeping their word.