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My parents just undermine competitors gradually over time. Murder feels like something you'd do if you're not wealthy enough to wait.

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that too i guess
i might not even be here tomorrow
remember me as i lived mithrun

[tablescraps]

Experienced at kissing?

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is that really the only thing
also if you say that
people are gonna think we kissed

[tablescraps]

I wouldn't mind if they think that.

( The same way he doesn't mind drowning, )

Try not to die, though. Sinclair would probably miss you.

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and not you????

[tablescraps]

( A long pause before he replies. He has to wade through the swamp of no preference to see if there's a tilt in either direction. )

I think I'd prefer you here than dead.

So, don't die.

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[ oria can tell that Mithrun thought long and hard for this... he can appreciate the effort at least. ]

but why mention him in particular?

[ He has a bad feeling... the pause only feels like it evidenced it further, but he doubts Sinclair's mental state would affect Mithrun personally.

If so, then why?

Attachment?

He kinda doubts that. ]

[tablescraps]

You're his friend. It's better that he keeps those.

( For no particular reason. Don't worry about it. )

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but what about meeeeeee
i want mithruns concern too!

[tablescraps]

Do you, or are you teasing me?

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both!
bc it means you progressed a lot further than i thought
youre really goal oriented
but bc of that its hard for you to care about anything else
so it would be an improvement
if you cared about something unrelated to your goals

[ He's been taking notes, Mithrun... ]

[tablescraps]

( :thinking: )

I suppose that's true. Caring about things isn't exactly a choice, though... I wouldn't know how to go about that.

You mind my function more than I expected.

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of course i do
bc i care about you
dumdum
you can choose to care or not
thats entirely up to you

[tablescraps]

Is caring a choice?

Still, it depends. Caring about other things might only make my goal more difficult.

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yeah

[ At least it is to Oria "willpower overcomes all" Severine. ]

its a bit too late for that though
you already care about sinclair

[tablescraps]

( supris )

Is that your impression?

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bc youre looking out for him
thats why you told me not to die
am i wrong?

[ Is he?

Mithrun gets to make a big decision here. ]

[tablescraps]

( He has to think on this one again. The pause this time, however, is not so long. )

You're not. He's important.

( Extracting Kromer like a rotten tooth might just open a path to the professor, after all.

And Sinclair will need friends around to keep him steady once he's killed her, if he survives it. He wants to have a life after revenge. And he doesn't think Oria's the type to reject Sinclair, even if Sinclair's made up of all the destructive urges he's scared he has. )

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thats not what i asked

[tablescraps]

You asked if you were wrong. I answered.

What else are you looking for?

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would you adopt him

[ Just throw him a fuckin curveball. ]

[tablescraps]

( ? )

For my inheritance? Sure. My parents want a heir from me or my brother, anyway. Convincing them will be annoying, though.

( blah blah blah blood blah blah blah lineage... )

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just tell them that you care about sinclair so so much that theyll be shocked
power of love (familial/platonic)

[tablescraps]

( thinks... )

Marriage might be an easier way to get him in, actually.