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[wicked_finesse]

Doll~ Thank you.

[Screened to Luke]
Sorry to have worried you. You didn't have to come, but I'm glad you did. I'd never thought anyone... Well, thank you, it meant a lot.
[/Screened to Luke]In the end it seems there'll be four of us going to the ball together. I look forward to seeing the rest of you there

Comments

[future_chaos]

Hmm, what's this now? What kind of price is he talking about, Schuldig?

[wicked_finesse]

Too high. It ended up being something I couldn't pay.

[future_chaos]

What was it?

[wicked_finesse]

Triggers for a couple mental traps. Not ones I would want to have to deal with.

[future_chaos]

You're being purposefully vague. Is there some reason why you're not telling me exactly what the price would have done (other than to be annoying)?

[wicked_finesse]

If anything happened to anything important to me, or anyone from my world showed up, temporary insanity and a need to rebuild my defenses. Knowing it when I didn't even accept helps you how?

[future_chaos]

Knowing what could have been may not be as important as knowing what did, however, there may be something to learn from possibilities.

For example, knowing what the price was, it tells me that you had at least one thing important to you here (as you could not know if I or anyone else would be pulled here.) It also tells me that someone has the power to really mess with your head, if they wanted to.

Who offered the price?

[wicked_finesse]

From her, it's almost a prediction. If the cost is problems when someone arrives, someone was going to arrive. Ignoring what warnings one can take from her would be as stupid as ignoring warnings from you.