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( Alexiel's communicator is sitting on the edge of her bathroom sink. The picture is obviously skewed. This is a video that no one was meant to see.

As she stares at her reflection wearing little more than a bath towel, she reaches up and touches her cheeks. There is a strange light in her eyes and, for those who are sensitive to such things, a pulsating, powerful aura surrounding her. She raises a hand and the towel begins to slip, revealing more of her pale skin yet, at the last second, she comes back to herself enough to grab it with her free hand. Her upraised hand is soon pressed against the glass of the mirror. )

Am I meant to seek you endlessly? ( She doesn't shed tears, however the emotion shaking her voice is obvious. ) You will never know.

( Waiting in the City is slowly grinding against her self-restraint. She moves in a way that suggests she is forcing herself to bury all of the negative emotions her appearance causes her to feel.

So like him. Twins.

There really is no telling what she sees in the mirror. Are they nightmares? Visions?

To have this body and not be able to reach him is torture. This is a side she never wanted anyone else to see. With a quick swipe of her hand, she knocks her communicator away from her and the screen goes black. )

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( She turns away, looking out the window. )

I remember him how he was. He will be that way again.

[He notices her look away.]

Would it be easier for you if I go?

( She doesn't answer right away. Instead, she takes a deep, ever so slightly shaky breath. )

Stay, Setsuna. I don't want you to go.

[He looks worried for a moment, then reaches over to turn off the light, arms still wrapped around her.]

I'll stay, then.

( She turns and presses her lips to his forehead. )

I'll be here for you as well.

[He shakes his head, as he settles his head on her shoulder.]

I'm fine, now. You're the one I'm worried about.

There are times when I swear he stares at me through the glass of my mirror.

( It would be so like Rosiel, wouldn't it? )

I don't think that's him. But he's with you, isn't he? [He can never remember just what happened before she came here. Or had he ever asked?]

...not yet. I was...interrupted. ( Which angers her to no end even if she hides it most of the time. )

When you go back, he will be.

He's...he's kind of with me, too. That's how I know. I had a better understanding of him, after.

He is a product of heaven's filth and neglect. ( She can't blame him. ) No one could stand against such temptations and remain innocent.

I know. [His voice is just a whisper, mild rage simmering back as he recalls Heaven. God.]

It was my duty to protect him. ( She holds Setsuna a little tighter. ) Together, we could have blocked it out.

It's not your fault.

God planned and manipulated everything from the beginning. The bastard.

A deity of chaos. One that shouldn't be allowed to rule.

Thanks to you, everyone is better off.

[Frustrated sigh.] Or they will be, when I get home.

It will happen. ( Though she understands his frustration. )

I know....

But I don't wanna think about that. Not now. I don't know when I'll be able to go back, and I just can't think about it anymore. I'd rather be here, for now. [He gives Alexiel a squeeze.] Just for a little longer.

You don't have to. ( Likewise she doesn't have to think about Rosiel. ) I like having you here.

Good.

...I wasn't sure. I thought I'd just be in the way, before.

Never. ( The idea is preposterous to her. ) You're...a part of me.

And you're a part of me, too. Or, it feels like it, at least.

I just...I always felt so inferior to you. You were this amazing person everyone was looking for, and expecting to be in me, and I'm just, well, just me.

So I thought I wouldn't be necessary, not anymore.

Setsuna, it's true that I have lived much longer than you and forged relationships with angels, demons and even humans. But what I have done and who I am has nothing to do with you.

( Her brow furrows. )

There is a reason I didn't want to wake up. Being with you and following your life, for a brief time, did give me peace. I have never felt that peace with any of my other lives.

I know. Like I said, I'm just me.

But I'm sorry you had to wake up. I knew you wanted to stay asleep. But things didn't work out that way.

I needed to wake. ( For Setsuna, for Sara, for everyone. ) No one can stay in their dreams forever.

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