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[temerate]

[ oh look, another rooftop. Eko is in profile looking out at the city, both hands resting on the hilt of his sheathed katana, and after a moment lifts his chin to address the empty air like an orator. ]

Empty cicada shell:
as we come
we go back naked.

[ Pause. ]

Though there's been no confirmation.

[ He glances back at Yurine/the device, and

Comments

voice ;

[pteric]

Well, you sound awfully caring.

voice ;

[temerate]

It would be inconsiderate to allow his death to go unhonored.

voice ;

[pteric]

Sorry, I missed the heartfelt empathy in that poem

voice ;

[temerate]

He was but a near stranger, and a human at that.

Surely the task of honoring him will fall to his loved ones.

voice ;

[pteric]

... you sound like you're used to having kids dying around you a lot.

voice ;

[temerate]

Humans have mayfly lives. They choose to shorten them even further with their behaviors.

It is unsightly, but one grows accustomed.

voice ;

[pteric]

Right, us humans and our puny fragile lifespans. How long is yours?

voice ;

[temerate]

The life of a Mikura is indefinite. I myself have been alive for four hundred years.

voice ;

[pteric]

... Mikura?

voice ;

[temerate]

'Vampire' is a close approximation, although inaccurate.

voice ;

[pteric]

Are you serious.

voice ;

[temerate]

'There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosphy.'

No?

voice ;

[pteric]

...... Shakespeare?

voice ;

[temerate]

Indeed. And an apt quotation.

voice ;

[pteric]

I would have thought vampires would be more occupied with looking for people to suck dry than with literature.

voice ;

[temerate]

Perhaps a true vampire would. I am Mikura; I do as I please.

I do not believe we have spoken before. What is thy name?