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You're a liar and a coward!
*At the words, the manifestation of the gold partially dissolves*
Am I lying when I say I know you have the strength to fight back? Against the true enemy?
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You're a liar and a coward!
*At the words, the manifestation of the gold partially dissolves*
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That's not the sort of relationship someone pursues in absence of everything else.
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*Shrugs*
Meh. I kill him a lot.
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Am I lying when I say I know you have the strength to fight back? Against the true enemy?
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Yet you keep him around. And not only that, you don't exclusively hurt him.
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*Lifts a hand in quasi-acknowledgement*
A toy. He's not him.
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You’re right. He’s something else. Something else that matters, and for an entirely different reason at that.
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*In the final flickers of the gold, my voice echoes*
If you trust me don't resi—
*Smirks and throws my own punch into your fist*
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He did, for a long time. Then he did not.
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*It lands into the resting position of my open palm*
…
*Raises an eyebrow*
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Then why is he even still around?
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*Shrugs again*
I'm not fast. And a lot of him.
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You are. I’ve seen you. And he certainly doesn’t make an effort to avoid you either.
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*A bright reflection of light sets the area awash in gold, and you find me in a defensive position with my arms crossed*
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*Blinks at you, still in my held stance*
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How would he know that he died?
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He surely doesn’t. But that’s hardly my point.
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*After a brief moment, drops my guard and smiles*
Good to see you back.
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You still don't know me, and like the rest won't hear when I tell you. You're wrong about him.