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[beyourhappiness]

[Suu is sat in a tree, singing, with mechanical wings on her back - presumably how she got up there in the first place.]

You're taking my hand and my not shaking it off;
Our two paths merging to become one as bleeding minds;
To be born again for my sake.

To be born again in your arms.

To be--

[she then notices a bird sat next to her on the

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[railwaycrossing]

That tree doesn't like very safe.

[yeah, not like he cares, or anything.]

[beyourhappiness]

I'll be fine. If I breaks, I can fly.

[she looks to the bird that is now perched on her shoulder.] Is this real...?

[railwaycrossing]

If you say so. If you fall and die, that's it. Even I can't help you there. There's no 'rebirth' like your song.

[he looks at the bird... but he can't really see it, so he flys up too, and leans on the tree trunk a branch below her.] Why would it not be?

[beyourhappiness]

[she looks at the bird.] I've never seen a real one before.

There are ways you can be reborn without dying.

[but she looks at him. She remember what she was going to say last time...] Like you? You were reborn, weren't you?

[railwaycrossing]

You haven't? [spark of emotion there, then back to drywall.] Birds are birds. There's nothing special about them.

... you-- you've known that from the start, haven't you?

[beyourhappiness]

They're free. They can fly away from the cage.

Yes. Your pain and torment. I'm sorry...

[railwaycrossing]

But you can fly too. I can fly. What's the difference?

[he looks away.] It's fine. I let this in on myself. Besides, you're not the only one.

[beyourhappiness]

We can fly. But we can't fly away.

.... I'm not?

[railwaycrossing]

[his eyes widen. she has a point. a good one.] I suppose.

No. There's a girl who can... sense my true nature.

[beyourhappiness]

... that you're... I see. I wonder how she can... but then, it is not my place to wonder.

[railwaycrossing]

[and back to deadpan.] No, it's not.

[beyourhappiness]

[she spends a while watching the bird on her shoulder.]

Suu.

[railwaycrossing]

...?

[railwaycrossing]

[then he gets it.]

Izumi.

[beyourhappiness]

[she nods, slowly.]

... your wings... are they real?

[railwaycrossing]

More real than yours. So are the ears. [he looks away.] It's a side effect of being made to live with the coward's path.