11th Transformation

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[Lulu Bell sounds weary.  Could that have anything to do with all of the angel battling she's been doing?]

My apologies to those I may have... inconvenienced during the last curse.  I bear you no ill will.  I ask that you return the courtesy.

[apartment action]

[Since the end of the last curse, Lulu Bell has been holed up in her room

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Likewise. [ Despite the short reply, his voice isn't without sincerity. After a moment's awkward silence, he figures it proper that they at least know one another's names. ]

My name is Clef, and yours?

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[She does nothing to break the awkward silence. Seriously, conversation is not her strong point, cursed or not.]

Lulu Bell.

You fight well.

[conductyourself]

[ His, neither - although he's pretty used to leading the conversation with people who are even quieter than he is. When there is necessary conversation to lead, in any case. ]

Thank you. [ Actually does smile a little. ] That's quite a compliment, considering your own skill.

You haven't sustained any serious injuries, have you?

[ Probably nottttttt, since she was still doing okay the last time he saw her, but he'd rather ask than remember. ]

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Mm.

[She is utterly baffled by the friendliness. She did kill him, didn't she? Odd.]

Not serious, no. Have you recovered fully?

see, this is him 90% of the time. CAN YOU HANDLE IT, LULU.

[conductyourself]

[ He doesn't think he's being particularly friendly - just polite.

... Well, and also very flattered. Though he has trained people who went on to become excellent fighters, but no one has ever said that about him before. He certainly wouldn't have expected it from a former enemy. ]

Yes; there have been no after-effects.

[ It's an odd turn of phrase, but the most concise way he could think of to say that he is indeed legitimately alive as opposed to City!Dead. He doesn't know if she's the kind of person to feel really bad about killing people, normally, so it seems best to cover all of the bases. ]

THIS IS SCARIER THAN THAT ANGEL BUSINESS, MAN.

[thisismyjob]

[Most of the people that Lulu Bell has killed fought were normal humans... or Exorcists. While Clef certainly isn't as good as a decent Exorcist, he's better than most people in the City.]

How fortunate.

[Her voice is toneless, but it always is (unless she's well and truly angry). She is, in a way, sorry that she killed unnecessarily. Lulu Bell doesn't kill for pleasure or for anything other than her cause, and Clef's death was in no way related to her cause.]