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[aeoneurotic]

Ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous.

Whoever thought this up certainly had a lot of free time, but I can’t say I much appreciate it. This room is completely tacky…and it’s not even mine. Who knows who had been in here before, touching everything…

Look, all I need is to go back to Kaminoshiro. So if someone would tell me how to do that, it would be

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[cosmarchy]

Each floor is set up to look like an entire house. Shouldn't there be a spot where the cleaning supplies are stored?

[See, he's being helpful!]

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[aeoneurotic]

[ This is a look of very thinly-veiled distaste. ]

So I have to go looking around through...this place?

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[cosmarchy]

Unless you can ask someone else who lives with you to go look for them, I don't think you have any other options.

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[aeoneurotic]

...I don't need to live with other people.

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[cosmarchy]

Oh? No roommates at all?

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[aeoneurotic]

I'd rather not have any...though I don't know if I do.

[ He sighs, pushing up his glasses. Some things are much easier on one's own, after all. ]

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[cosmarchy]

Wouldn't you rather be around other people? There's strength in numbers, after all.

[Curious, curious smile.]

Though I suppose . . . that sort of thing can equally be as dangerous.

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[aeoneurotic]

If it was necessary, it wouldn't be a problem.

[ This frown? Not movin'. ]

That's true too, of course.

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[cosmarchy]

[This smile ain't moving either.]

As long as you know.

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[aeoneurotic]

[ If anything, that only serves to worsen his mood; what reason is there to be amused, to find any happiness in this situation of his? Which is why his answer is as snappish as it is: ]

Of course I know.

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[cosmarchy]

Ah. [With that kind of answer, Dietrich has the picture-perfect example of confusion written all over his face.] Did I offend you?

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[aeoneurotic]

No.

[ Because it's true; he's not angry about the reminder, so much as he is about the whole situation. However, were he to make things easy for a conversational partner, he would not be the person he is. ]

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[cosmarchy]

[He could look a bit upset, deflated. He's seen how many people do it so many times that it comes to him like a second nature.]

When you say that with such a face, it's a little . . . [A tiny beat.] It does nothing to reassure me.

[Sure, he could have switched topics and moved on, but if it's going to be challenging like this, he'd like to see how far he can go with this kind of poking and prodding. Idle chatter, at its best.]

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[aeoneurotic]

I'm not trying to reassure you of anything; I was just stating the truth.

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[cosmarchy]

But the truth can be so subjective.

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[aeoneurotic]

Then what do you want from me?