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[popupshadow]

[kamui's cooking. he's cutting things on a chopping board and dropping them on a pot and it looks like this. and he has a fairly complacent demeanor throughout the whole process, that it's a little difficult to tell that he's ridiculously bored. not that it's because it's a working day, but because it's another mundane day in death city and he is

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[suchselfishness]

No it doesn't. The desert is beyond awful, and I'd be happier if this city were anywhere in the world but here.

[popupshadow]

Fair enough. And the people, do you hate them all too?

[suchselfishness]

[Grudgingly;] Not all of them.

[popupshadow]

Well, that's something to be happy with, at least.

Are they happy with you, too?

[suchselfishness]

... I think so. I don't think they would stay around, if they weren't.

[popupshadow]

That'd depend on how honest they are with you in the first place. [laughs]

But isn't it nice, being with them?

[suchselfishness]

They're a bit picky about being honest. [ a little frown. ]

Well. Of course it is. I wouldn't rather be with anyone else.

[popupshadow]

With time, perhaps you'll encourage them more.

[suchselfishness]

Encourage them? [ Puzzled; she doesn't quite understand what he means. ]

[popupshadow]

Well, you said they're a bit picky. For a person to be with someone, a certain amount of honesty has to be given away, which can only grow more with time, see?

[suchselfishness]

Oh. [ uncomfortable pause. ]

I don't mind very much. They're just... quiet, I suppose.

[popupshadow]

Making connections with other people require a price to pay, however small it is.

[suchselfishness]

But there's already connections.

[popupshadow]

And veins can be slit with a sharp knife, if one isn't careful. It's up to you.

[suchselfishness]

... I think that's a bit dramatic. [ but she doesn't, entirely. ] Being... private... isn't necessarily a bad thing.

[popupshadow]

To some, it isn't. Most people, however, generally want a little more than silence.