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[spooneyes]

[ the feed cuts to scary looking little girl. For those of your keeping track, she's a newcomer! ]

My name is Gankyuu Eguriko. [ Aw, look, she's introducing herself. But she doesn't look too happy, so maybe this won't be as cute as you think... ]

When you talk to me, call me Guriko. If you don't want to call me that, then don't talk to me. If you

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[demoniacals]

[... Just. Kindly going to ignore the bit about gouging out eyes because he would rather not think about that, thank you.]

Well, that's certainly one way to make an introduction.

[spooneyes]

[ A firm nod! ]

Guriko needs to make rules. Otherwise people will walk all over me.

[demoniacals]

That's quite true-though perhaps you shouldn't be intimidating people just yet. You've just arrived, haven't you?

[spooneyes]

... Mm.

Guriko is fine on her own.

[demoniacals]

I don't doubt it.

[Hard to say if he's being sincere or not, but she's a kid, so.]

Still, there are certain answers here that you'll only find by talking to others.

[He should know, okay. He didn't exactly want to rely on humans for help, but. Well.]

[spooneyes]

[ ...

She's not exactly used to relying on people to help her, since she's so used to people just... shoving her away. She doesn't really expect help from anyone. ]

I... Guriko can figure it out on her own. Or maybe... Guriko doesn't care to find out. [ Shrugging. Frowning. ]

Loneliness is okay.

[demoniacals]

[In a way, Tiir can both empathize with that, as someone who's always known that most of the world is his enemy-and yet can't, as someone who needs his friends so that he won't lose himself to despair.

And so-]

Is it really?

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[spooneyes]

[ Loneliness definitely is her biggest fear, but it's a horror she has to face everyday of her life. She has grown used to it. Yes, the overall sting was still there every time she pushed someone away or when people neglected her but- ]

Oh... um. Maybe not...

[spooneyes]

But Guriko is used to it.

[ Because loneliness is, ultimately, what she deserves. ]

It's... not so bad.

[demoniacals]

... Is that so? A child like you shouldn't be saying something like that.

[She wouldn't be the first one he's met, though. He's seen it over and over again in all the others. Children who were scorned and hated by the rest of the world-who thought they were completely alone before he found them.

And that's why Tiir believes that nobody ever really has to be alone-though whether this girl is his problem has yet to be seen.]

[spooneyes]

Being a... child has nothing to do with it.

[ Even thought she's pretty bad at lying, that stupid lolicon taught her that telling people her real age was a dangerous thing. She looks like a little kid so... that's just who she'll have to be. ]

Guriko did bad things. The worst. She deserves... to be alone. [ It's a painful conclusion for her to arrive at, but... it's the truth.

Her entire family died because of her. Pain and suffering... it's all to good for her. She's the worst of the worst. ]

[demoniacals]

[And that, too, is something he's heard before.]

And who is to decide that? What one person deems 'bad' may mean nothing to another.

[... Funny how Tiir can't take his own advice-]

[spooneyes]

Guriko decided for herself.

[ She shakes her head. ]

I'm the worst person to myself.

[demoniacals]

Then what exactly did you do, to make you decide that you were 'the worst person' to yourself?

[spooneyes]

Guriko's family-

[ She can't even finish it. Why was she spilling all her secrets to complete stranger? This isn't like her-no, this is reckless. She sighs, running a few fingers through her hair. ]

... You remind Guriko of her brother.

[demoniacals]

Oh? How so?