( Because Jack apparently refuses to make use of his key or accept that he's supposed to live in a house of his own like any normal person, he's been wandering around Splendor and in select Districts, choosing hidden spots and corners to spend the night whenever he brings himself to fall asleep. Cerbos allows him these moments of rest, knowing what
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He wishes he had a blanket to put over him... and Splendor obliges him.
Oh. Well. Jast puts it over the man, trying not to disturb him.]
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[This talking thing is so hard. Maybe he should just give up and use his seal, but he's made it this far.]
Y-you?
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Jack.
[I feel nauseated already.]
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Nice to... Nice. Nice to m-meet you.
[He might have done better with such a familiar little string of words earlier on, but he's gotten himself a bit flustered now.]
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Where are you from?
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[That's where his body came from anyway, his soul was a slightly more complicated matter that he was not up for explaining without using the seal.]
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I don't understand.
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Th-there are... there are many. Ah. [Words... how do they work...] Stories? Different... different worlds?
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[It was the one he had grown up with, but no, not the first. He fiddles his seal up from under his shirt.]
N-no. I... C-can stop. If it's... trouble-troublesome.
[He does not say that it would be such a relief if Jack said yes, although maybe Jast should.]
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Yes, of course. I apologize.
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I'm sorry, this will be much easier.
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Is that all right?
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I'm sorry, I just. [His voice is a little thick, but he's brushing things off.] I didn't think that this was what you meant.
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Sorry.
[He offers Jack a sad little smile, because they've apologized to each other an extraordinary amount, he is earnest, but they lose the impact of that earnestness with repetition. He crosses his hands quietly at the small of his back, looking up at the sky for a moment before he decides,]
I... will, hmm. Practice. For... for next time.
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