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[soulbetween]

[ Miyako sounds a little uneasy when her voice is picked up, but she isn't speaking to the Forge. ]

- didn't mean to imply that this was anything other than horrific and deeply tragic, sir, simply that it isn't the first happening of its kind here, even recently.

[ The 'sir' she's addressing sounds angry, almost bitter, and very close. ]

Yeah,

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Voice

[godslaying]

A little foolish. After all, even the most innocent and familiar faces can hide monsters.

Just ask your dear husband.

Voice

[soulbetween]

[ A lengthy pause as she places the voice and debates even answering.

Finally: ]

No doubt that the ones we know and trust are still quite capable of betraying us.

Voice

[godslaying]

If anything, they're just better prepared. So you can't rightly blame a strange for being suspicious, can you?

Voice

[soulbetween]

Trust, not distrust, should be default. Distrust should be earned; trust should be assumed.

Of course, that invites injury, but it also invites living. Distrust doesn't allow for living.

[ video ]

[heartbetween]

[Kaien sighs and rubs at his neck a bit.]

Yeah, it was bad enough when the Natives didn't have an excuse to hate us.

[He remembers getting called a freak for using his shinigami abilities to save someone falling off a roof before, way back in the beginning.]

There's not much we can do but keep trying to earn their trust individually.

[ video ]

[soulbetween]

[ The video clicks on, revealing that Miyako is now sitting on a roof somewhere, her knees pulled to her chest. She lays her head on her knees, looking mournful. ]

It's so frustrating. And to make matters worse, there are those among us who go out of their way to provoke the Natives.

[ video ]

[heartbetween]

[Kaien's first instinct is to search for her reiatsu and shunpo over there right now but he realizes if he did that he wouldn't be visible on the screen anymore. So he begins walking, instead.]

It really is unfortunate. But we've all done our best to protect both the Scorched and the Anatolians. Hopefully someday they'll understand that most of us don't mean them any harm.

[ video ]

[soulbetween]

Hopefully. [ She says it quietly, unsmiling. ] At times like this, though, it almost seems futile, doesn't it?

voice

[malfattore]

Poor little bird.

Don't listen to them. You know what you are and aren't guilty of, yes? Whatever they think is irrelevant.

voice

[soulbetween]

[ A soft sigh. ]

I'm not so concerned with my own guilt or innocence; you're right, I know what I've done. I'm simply concerned with the general hostilities. It's dangerous out here. I can take care of myself, but not everyone can say the same.

voice

[malfattore]

You'd do well not to fret over others. If they find a way through their traumas, then all is well.

If they can't, it was never meant to be for them.

voice

[soulbetween]

... That must be a very simple way to see things. I wish I could look at it that way.

[impossibly]

Pebbles in a riverbank, waiting for the storm. They're afraid. Small kindnesses won't fix what's been broken.

[soulbetween]

I'd like to think that something truly did break their trust; that there is a cause for it. If there is, I suppose it's understandable.

Still, we should be working to repair it in any way we can.

[ voice ]

[xnoble_reasonx]

Foolish indeed.

[ voice ]

[soulbetween]

[ She sounds like she's smiling now, at least. ]

How fortunate that we aren't all as unfoolish as Kuchiki Byakuya.

[ voice ]

[xnoble_reasonx]

[ Don't smile. Smiling is not allowed. ]

Unfortunate. [ You Shibas. B| ]

[ voice ]

[soulbetween]

[ Just try to stop me, O Pretentious One. ♥ ]

So you say. Foolish or not, though, I'll keep hoping.