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Is this truly the focus of the City? ( There is a pained yelp in the background and then a nasty thud. ) Do you have no pride?!

Do not touch me! ( No yelp or thud resounds this time. Instead, the sound of pavement cracking under the force of a blade and great wings flapping follows that warning.

. . . ) Foolish humans. I am in no mood to dance.

( Truthfully, she has never been in the mood to dance. )

Can't you see there are greater matters to attend to?! Why are you so complacent? ( And sparkly. ) Like cattle to the slaughter.

I know there is more to you than this! ( The sound of fabric being ripped ends the feed.

Somewhere in the City, a glittery costume is falling from the heavens. )

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I might.

[ He wonders if it's wise to announce such intent on the Network. Filters are easily hacked. ]

But what if it becomes a full-scale war?

( Not much scares her. )

I'm ready for that. Change won't happen unless someone stands up and acts.

[ It's habit. His profession deals in deception. ]

Do you have a plan?

( Welcome to the AS universe. )

I need those who are willing to fight beside me.

You might have takers. Who knows. The City's full of powerful creatures.

[ He wouldn't get involved. Not unless he was 100% sure of success. Not unless he had something to gain from it. ]

( Freedom isn't a gain? )

I am always interested in alliances - no matter how strange.

[ He wants nothing more than to escape the City. But he doesn't trust the accuracy or success of this rebellion. ]

As long as it helps in the long run, it can't hurt.

( Alexiel is a passionate leader, but she tends to be harsh and unemotional. That's bound to throw some people off. )

Everyone should be allowed to abide by their own rules. Unless they are causing another's life to be harder.

You're right. Otherwise what's the point in living. [ He's long forfeited his right to live as he chooses. From childhood, the Syndicate trained him to be a weapon. Every aspect of his life was controlled. But to be near Pai, the cost was worth it. ] Ah! I just realized, I didn't introduce myself.

I'm Li Shenshung. It's nice to meet you, Miss Organic Angel.

Freedom is...precious. ( And something she has longed for for ages. )

It's nice to meet you as well, Li. You may call me Alexiel.

It is.

[ It's not freedom he wants, so much as obscurity. A wish to start over. Be someone else. ]

Alexiel. Same here.

[ pauuuuuuuse. ]

I, um, hope you don't catch a cold or anything.

[ Flying half-dressed as you are. ]

( He has the chance to do that if he wishes in the City. It's all about the choices he makes. )

I'm sure you'll work towards the kind of world you want to see.

I don't think angels can catch colds. ( Not that she's ever thought about it. )

[ Starting over is difficult if there's an entire lifetime -- a lifestyle -- to unlearn. ]

I think we all do. In some way, at least. [ ...No colds?... ] This is the City. Strange things happen all the time.

( He's preaching to the choir on that one. )

Not from what I've seen. ( Which is why she was so angry before. ) As far as I know, there is no curse in place with that outcome.

( And, even if there was, it beats being pregnant. )

That might be because not everyone's sure what kind of world they really want. People ~~humans~~ aren't always logical or predictable.

You can never be too careful. I hear there are curses that make you human.

[ Not an issue for him. He was a killer before he was ever a Contractor. ]

I think freedom is a goal everyone can aspire to. How they choose to use that freedom is up to them.

( She shrugs. Been there and done that, really. She was a Japanese prostitute once. )

The only thing that can stop me is if they take my memories away.

It'd be scary if they did. [ It's also a weakness that shouldn't be announced to strangers. ] Our memories make us who we are. Even if they're not always happy ones.

I've experienced it before. There would be ways to regain them here. ( She had always - unwittingly perhaps - relied on Nanatsusaya or Lucifer to remember before. ) I'd rather make happy memories - even if I'm forced to forget them.

[ A rebellion and happy memories might be at odds. But he's learnt that contentment can be found anywhere. With the right people. ]

The best way is to keep those who make you happy close to you. So even if you forget here, they'll be around to give you new ones.

I've never had that chance before. ( For Alexiel, fighting side by side with those she cares about does make happy memories. )

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