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[spooneyes]

[ the feed cuts to scary looking little girl. For those of your keeping track, she's a newcomer! ]

My name is Gankyuu Eguriko. [ Aw, look, she's introducing herself. But she doesn't look too happy, so maybe this won't be as cute as you think... ]

When you talk to me, call me Guriko. If you don't want to call me that, then don't talk to me. If you

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[demoniacals]

[... Just. Kindly going to ignore the bit about gouging out eyes because he would rather not think about that, thank you.]

Well, that's certainly one way to make an introduction.

[spooneyes]

You're both very... [ unsure ]

Kind to Guriko.

[demoniacals]

[A blink.

... That's not something he usually hears so soon-especially as he's still being cautious in his behaviour, as he's unsure whether or not this girl is human.

Perhaps it's merely instinct.]

Are you so unused to kindness, then?

[spooneyes]

That's not it.

[ She shakes her head. ]

Guriko is unused to people talking to her.

[demoniacals]

[... She really does him remind of the children (if not perhaps himself when he was young)-

But there's the possibility that she's still human, and so he really is unsure of how to act towards her.]

Well, you did tell them not to. Or did you not truly mean that...?

[spooneyes]

N-no... that's not it.

[ She shakes her head, again. She does mean it... to some extent.

It's the fear of getting hurt versus the fear of being alone.

Really, she can't win either way. ]

No one should talk to Guriko. I believe that.

[demoniacals]

And yet you've chosen to talk to others yourself.

[His tone isn't accusing; if anything, it's light, merely stating an observation.]

You say that no one should talk to you, but that isn't what you want inside, is it?

[spooneyes]

... Everyone always dies before Guriko.

[ It really sucks being as emotional as she is-- ]

It's easier to remain unattached to not... feel pain in the end.

[contemptibility]

[... And there it is, the feeling that she isn't normal. It's not the loneliness or the despair-those things are hardly unusual, even for someone her age. But being unused to people talking with her, believing that she deserved to be alone, saying that she was the worst...

Really, how familiar.

... Though with her attitude, perhaps she does remind him more of himself when he was young than the children, who are more innocent than he ever was.]

And what about before the end?

[1/2]

[spooneyes]

It's...

[ Nice? Good? Even Guriko can't argue that feeling wanted is the nicest feeling in the world. After years of seeking attention fromher adoptive family, and never truly receiving it... yeah. Attention feels nice. ]

It's... not bad. [ She shakes her head, faintly, somberly, smiling.] No... no it's actually really good.

Guriko... I like talking with other people.

[2/2]

[spooneyes]

[ Very silently, she shakes her head, looking more sad than before.

This is her burden. She shouldn't complain this much-- ]

But humans die. All before Guriko.

Being alone just felt like the smarter option... I guess.

[contemptibility]

[Well. Always nice to be proven right.]

Ah, so you're not human?

[spooneyes]

-Ah!

[ Kind of just realizing what she said. She should deny it, but... really, she's more than a little vulnerable right now. Plus, she's a horrible liar. ]

Oh... Guriko was human, once. But she's now a monster.

[ She's being reckless. Humans-this guy?-of course hated monsters. And they should hate her. She's the worst. But still... did she just put herself in danger? Did she make an enemy out of this guy? ]

Guriko can't... can't die! Hurt her all you'd like, but I will always come back.

[contemptibility]

[Monster. Monster.

How utterly sick he is of that word.]

And what exactly makes you a monster? Simply because you're not human? If that's all it is, then...

[...]

You're not a monster, Guriko.

[spooneyes]

[ She frowns. She's heard this all from Rinne before, and... she knows she's being stubborn, but no really understands what she's going through, do they? Rinne's only been a "monster" for a few months--Guriko has one thousand years under her belt. ]

You don't know that, you...

[ Guriko shakes her head. ]

I killed them-I killed them all. It's my fault. [ Why is this still so impossible painful to think about? ] They died because of me...

[contemptibility]

If one is to be considered a monster purely because they have killed, then most of the world would be such.

[Perhaps he doesn't understand. He doesn't see himself as a monster, after all; he refuses to. But as someone who's been called one literally since the day he was born...]

The label of 'monster' is far from a simple one. What exactly defines someone as one?