[Sound comes on, but the video hasn't engaged yet. What follows is a series of obscenities that would make women blush and children cover their ears in practically any world they were understood. Fortunately, unless one spoke Conclave Common or the language of Espedon's homeworld, you'd be spared the atrocity. The video feed turns on and he. Looks
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The seventh what? What's...ts'aleh?
[winces]
Espedon, please, don't hurt her. She's just a little girl.
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[A roar. Takes a breath. Rubs temple.]
She's not what she looks like. 'Little girls' can't do what she does. It's a face, I know it. And she crossed the line.
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Y-you'll find it again. It can't be far.
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...I apologize, Ritsuka. I lost my composure.
Thank you for your concern. Those swords are more important than anything to me, so please understand. They're everything, and they may be my only way out of here.
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[smiles warmly but his ears are still pressed back, rather frightened]
Did someone special give them to you? Is that why they're so important?
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[His expression becomes troubles, as though the thought of it bothered him.]
I've sacrificed a lot to get them, and I'm only halfway to completing the Seventh. I can't stop now, I have to get them back.
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...You stole them? Why?
[frowns at the thought of Espedon killing people for them]
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When I found it, the Seventh told me that when it was completed, it would bless its owner with perfect power over life and death. I've seen it at work, Ritsuka, and I believe it. What it's shown me.
Each piece of the Seventh cannot be stolen. It can't change hands until its previous owner gives it away freely, or is killed. A simple matter.
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The...sword told you?
Mmm. Power over life and death? What does that...mean exactly?
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[He looks off-screen.]
Power over life and death...? The power to create, and to destroy. To live forever, or to die forever. To quell life, or to preserve it.
...the children... I can bring them back...
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[looks thoughtful]
Soubi and I can do that.
[frowns]
That's a lot of power. I wouldn't want to live forever.
Children?
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