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[sympathyforme]

Anyone expecting Christmas gifts from me, there won't be any.

Seems a bit tacky, given I'm the Antichrist.

So, how many of you are celebrating this... birth?

[private to Setsuna]

Long time no see. When the hell are you coming home?

[private to Saya]

Think it's time we got to know each other.

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[private]

[sangreine]

Oh! I'm sorry, I didn't know. [Which is both disappointing and mildly irritating. Setsuna hardly ever tells her about himself.]

It sounds like you already know who I am...? [This sort of surreal introduction is familiar in a way, Saya not knowing what to label herself. The person Setsuna's living with? That he protects?]

[private]

[sympathyforme]

I've seen you around and he's told me about you.

So you want him?

[private]

[sangreine]

Uh -- want him? [No flushing or embarrassment, just surprise at the bluntness. However, she can't find fault in it.]

He's not mine. [Someone is, but she knows it isn't Setsuna. He can't be what she really needs.] I just like having him close.

[Not challenging, not yet. She can understand Setsuna's friends being wary of someone like her.]

[private]

[sympathyforme]

For someone not wanting him you are acting quite possessive.

[There are friends that are wary and then there are those that have been following and protecting Setsuna's soul for eons.

Well, actually there is just one of those friends.]

[private]

[sangreine]

He offered to stay with me. I wouldn't force him. [Slightly defensive only because she isn't about to treat Setsuna like Karl and Diva treat her.]

[private]

[sympathyforme]

Why don't you leave with him?

[private]

[sangreine]

Because I can't. [Simple as that.]

You don't like him being there. [Which is fair enough. Saya doesn't either, but she prefers it to being alone.]

[private]

[sympathyforme]

Of course I don't. But he'd not leave your side.

So why can't you leave? It's keeping him in danger, so I have a right to know.

[private]

[sangreine]

[He doesn't, in her eyes, but it's not a secret.]

Karl said he'd hurt the people who know me if I leave. He already hurt one person. But as long as I stay here, he won't do it again.

[private]

[sympathyforme]

Seems like it's time someone hurt Karl.

[private]

[sangreine]

What? [She's surprised to find that the idea of someone hurting him incites a panicky tension. Probably just fear of his inevitable retaliation.]

No, the reason I'm here is so stop people from getting hurt.

[private]

[sympathyforme]

So you'll stop Setsuna from getting hurt?

[private]

[sangreine]

Of course! I'd do everything I could to keep him safe. [He sort of forceful reaction that can only come with pure honesty.]

[private]

[sympathyforme]

Here's hoping.

[private]

[sangreine]

[Frustration sparks, she's sick to death of all these veiled insinuations and always feeling two steps behind.] Just say what you mean, for goodness sake!

[private]

[sympathyforme]

It doesn't matter what I say, he's chosen to stay with you. For now.

So I'll be watching. Take care.

[private]

[sangreine]

[Somehow that feels a bit like a threat instead of a sign-off. But seeing as she has no choice in the matter, and no traction for arguing Kira's points, she doesn't bother pressing the matter and just disconnects.]