[She's wide-eyed as she watches their surroundings ripple to something unfamiliar, a different sort of bleak than that of Cefiro - something that looked less like the husk of something prosperous and, instead, like something that was just trying to hold itself together out of nothing.]
I know a lot happened during that trial, so... I think it's important that I don't assume one way or another, you know? Not everyone would think that a demon might be real, either. So... thank you for being honest.
You must have lived here for an awful long time, then... You said this is just part of it, though? Is the Underworld a really big place?
[This does not look like a city. None of this looks like a city... Maybe it was beyond the blurry stone whatever-it-was in one direction? The limitations of the VR room make it hard to tell.
But, more importantly:]
Is... there a reason you live out here, and not in the city?
[She actually looks a little upset - not at him, but at the surroundings, at the idea of such a separation.]
I though... maybe places like this would be more equal. It's the afterlife, isn't it? What do nobles need to do that forces everyone else to live out here?
[A good retort, and one that shuts her mouth for a long moment.]
Not that I know, but...
In a perfect world... in a world I'd want to see... it wouldn't have to matter how much you had. Everyone deserves to live without fearing for the things that they really need.
She opens her mouth, as though she wants to ask something else. Why wouldn't she? That kind of place, and his kind of character, his responses -- there's far more questions than answers.
But, perhaps wisely, she lets her mouth wire shut, folding her hands in front of her before once again giving him a short bow.]
...Thank you. For showing me, and for answering my questions. I feel like I might understand you a little better now, Rufus-san.
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...It's... it's so empty.
What is this place?
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This is where I live.
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Her fingers clench at the fabric of her shirt as she slowly starts to walk around at the rock and metal under her feet.]
It's your home... Does it have a name?
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This part of the Underworld is known as the wilderness.
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[Ah, that's right... he'd said something on Saturday, hadn't he?]
During trial, you said you were a demon, right? Did you mean that seriously?
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I wouldn't have said it if I wasn't serious.
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Okay. I'll remember.
I know a lot happened during that trial, so... I think it's important that I don't assume one way or another, you know? Not everyone would think that a demon might be real, either. So... thank you for being honest.
You must have lived here for an awful long time, then... You said this is just part of it, though? Is the Underworld a really big place?
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[This does not look like a city. None of this looks like a city... Maybe it was beyond the blurry stone whatever-it-was in one direction? The limitations of the VR room make it hard to tell.
But, more importantly:]
Is... there a reason you live out here, and not in the city?
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The city belongs to the nobles. The rest of us reside out here.
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[She actually looks a little upset - not at him, but at the surroundings, at the idea of such a separation.]
I though... maybe places like this would be more equal. It's the afterlife, isn't it? What do nobles need to do that forces everyone else to live out here?
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So people get treated differently even here...
Do... the poor suffer out here, Rufus-san?
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Not that I know, but...
In a perfect world... in a world I'd want to see... it wouldn't have to matter how much you had. Everyone deserves to live without fearing for the things that they really need.
Was... it hard? To live out here?
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Did you ever have nothing, Rufus-san?
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Ah... Mn. Sorry.
I guess, then, um... is this a place you want to make better? For you and the people that live here with you?
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[The wilderness wavers, then fades back to the default emptiness of the VR Room.]
That isn't my concern.
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She opens her mouth, as though she wants to ask something else. Why wouldn't she? That kind of place, and his kind of character, his responses -- there's far more questions than answers.
But, perhaps wisely, she lets her mouth wire shut, folding her hands in front of her before once again giving him a short bow.]
...Thank you. For showing me, and for answering my questions. I feel like I might understand you a little better now, Rufus-san.
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Is that so? . . . Then I will be going.
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Okay.
Can I talk to you again sometime?
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Rufus turns around to exit the room.]
We can talk; however, I ask that you not waste my time.
[Make it productive.
Goodbye.]
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[It's just muttered, letting him leave without any further complaint. She's going to have to think about this one a little more.
Bye I guess. :(]