32nd Sphere

[child_abuser]

[Anyone passing by 752 Partridge on Sunday will see Jecht lying face down in the middle of the beach on his front lawn.  His entire body is more or less covered in scars - both the ones he got from working in the factories in Soviet Mayfield, as well as the ones he earned in Spira defending Lord Braska on the Pilgrimage.  He's definitely breathing

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[limerenceloli]

[There are three separate sets of emotions running through her head:

Why does this keep happening to people I somewhat care about?

... oh look there's another corpse for my dinner. It can join the Justin and Liz and Giriko corpses. He's not dead? Hahaha what are you talking about... ... - so what's this about him still breathing?

STUPID HUMAN EMOTIONS s-sob I hate this - I hate us - I hate what I feel for you

Combine them together and you get a near-crazy Saya tearing towards Jecht the second she recognizes him. Do remember what happened last time she lost someone she likoved sorta actually cared about.]

Jecht!

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[limerenceloli]

Okay, okay... I'll see if I can find you a magical healer so you quit almost dying on me.

Really, if I hadn't found you, you would have died -

[She stops abruptly. Realization dawns upon her.]

[child_abuser]

"I'm not gonna die just from this."

[Looking all indignant.]

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[limerenceloli]

[She remains in her stunned state for a couple of more seconds before bursting into explanation.]

... ah, that's the answer! Hey Jecht - isn't it true that when somebody dies in Mayfield, any of the injuries they got in this town automatically disappears?

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[limerenceloli]

And what's all this about you not dying from the state you're in? Are you even human?

... is there something you haven't been telling Saya?

[child_abuser]

"Forget it. I'm not gonna kill myself just to come back from these injuries. What do I look like, a fucking coward?"

[His eyes flash with genuine anger for a moment at the very suggestion of it, but then he just grins like a shark and laughs.]

"There's plenty you don't know about me, kid."

[limerenceloli]

[She frowns and then looks contemplative.]

You're right. There's a lot I don't know.

(There's a lot you don't know about Saya too.) [But she doesn't verbalize this. Out of all her Mayfield friend? relationship? ... things... Jecht was the last person she wanted finding out about her true self.]

All you ever told me was that you have a son and that you're apparently in the middle of a big battle in your home world.

If you'd like to... you can tell me some more about yourself. Your wounds are pretty deep and it'll take a while for them to stop bleeding.

[Evident by the pile of blood-soaked towels in the corner. She'll need to find a new batch soon. But he's out of critical danger, at least. The man healed fast, it seemed.]

[child_abuser]

[Sighs and leans back. He doesn't really want to revisit these memories again - it's been happening a lot lately - but he knows she's probably not going to leave until he talks.]

"I'm from a city called Zanarkand. Had a wife and a kid there. I was the star of Zanarkand's top blitzball team. Life was pretty good for a while."

[Gonna do this bit by bit, I guess, and let Saya react to each part~]

[limerenceloli]

[... oh that's a shame Jecht already had a wife darn this.

You've mentioned blitzball before but I'm afraid I'm not familiar with it. Is it a sport?

[child_abuser]

Yeah. It's played underwater. People keep telling me it's like if you took soccer, football, and rugby, threw 'em all together, and put it underwater. I've never played any of those, so I dunno if that's true or not. But blitz is definitely a real man's sport. You gotta be tough as nails to play.

[limerenceloli]

[... ... Saya has never encountered this nonsense.]

How can people... breath?

[child_abuser]

You don't. You gotta hold it the whole time. Games aren't very long, but they're intense. You have to carry the ball, swim, tackle, and kick goals all while holdin' your breath.

[limerenceloli]

[Looking up from the wound she's tending to and just staring at you. Faintly,]

Intense. Yeah. I can imagine.

And you're sure you're human?

[child_abuser]

"...Mostly human, anyway."

[Laughs!]

[limerenceloli]

[Please read this expression.]

[child_abuser]

[Still laughing.]

"Don't worry about it. I'll get to that part."

[Grins.]

"So anyway... my wife died."

[There is a pregnant pause here, as Jecht glances past Saya and at nothing in particular in the corner of the room before continuing.]

"My blitz career kinda went south after that. I started drinkin' and gettin' into fights. And all the time, with that damn whiny-ass brat... So one day, I just left."