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[Manjoume, surprisingly, is in a fairly decent mood, perhaps even slightly -excited- over this turn of events (though good luck getting him to admit it aloud). Maybe that has something to do with the fact that, as opposed to the white dress incident that he will insist didn't happen, he has found himself dressed in a fancy, dark-colored robe (sans the circlet thing).
The staff he found? Has wound up as something akin to this. It's currently leaning against the table he's sitting at, because he's in an inn, drinking some cider of sorts (non-alcoholic, by the way), eating some stew, and muttering quietly as he mulls over the riddle.]
"Both light and darkness," that paper says. That just doesn't happen. You're either of one or of the other or of neither, end of story, and frankly I don't see why anyone would want to be of either.
[He stirs his stew a little, and... are those a few small sparks of electricity snapping just above his bowl? He seems rather interested in what they're doing, and is that a hint of satisfaction at the development that he can do such a thing? Maybe that's also a part of his actually halfway decent mood.]
"Lovers who never touch", though... For some reason, I'm reminded of the story of Tanabata. It's not quite the same, since Orihime and Hikoboshi can meet once a year if it doesn't rain, which isn't never, but.
The staff he found? Has wound up as something akin to this. It's currently leaning against the table he's sitting at, because he's in an inn, drinking some cider of sorts (non-alcoholic, by the way), eating some stew, and muttering quietly as he mulls over the riddle.]
"Both light and darkness," that paper says. That just doesn't happen. You're either of one or of the other or of neither, end of story, and frankly I don't see why anyone would want to be of either.
[He stirs his stew a little, and... are those a few small sparks of electricity snapping just above his bowl? He seems rather interested in what they're doing, and is that a hint of satisfaction at the development that he can do such a thing? Maybe that's also a part of his actually halfway decent mood.]
"Lovers who never touch", though... For some reason, I'm reminded of the story of Tanabata. It's not quite the same, since Orihime and Hikoboshi can meet once a year if it doesn't rain, which isn't never, but.