--Sei-- [text / audio]

[royal_ripper]

Squsao yojfa nesd t compick

jst--

[A button is pushed, audio is switched on.  His voice is cracked, weak.  But giddy, happy, abso-fucking-lutely insane]

Squalo--I--I might need--just

C'mere, okay.  Get over here.  It's--

[There's the sound of palms scraping against the ground, before a thump, as his body collapses against the ground, and he lets out a

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[born_crooked]

Something the matter, Belphegor?

[royal_ripper]

[The reply is several hours late]

I fell~

[born_crooked]

Did you break any bones?

[royal_ripper]

Maaaaaaybe.

[born_crooked]

You don't sound particularly upset about it.

[text // audio]

[royal_ripper]

I'm aljk abetter noew

[Switching to audio]

I'm aaaall better now!

[born_crooked]

You've received medical treatment?

[audio]

[royal_ripper]

Mmhm. Squalo helped me. He's good with medical things.

[audio]

[born_crooked]

How badly were you injured?

[He doesn't sound especially concerned - he might be asking how much a cup of coffee costs.]

[audio]

[royal_ripper]

It was a five story building.

[Because that totally explains it]

[audio]

[born_crooked]

Then you're probably lucky to be alive.

[audio]

[royal_ripper]

Not really. I know how to fall off of buildings.

[audio]

[born_crooked]

... You have experience falling off buildings?

[audio]

[royal_ripper]

It doesn't happen particularly often. But it wasn't going to kill me.

[audio]

[born_crooked]

The things that can kill you are often the things you least expect, Belphegor.

[audio]

[royal_ripper]

Yes, Maman. But I don't die anytime soon.