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[relicofdata]

 

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if you listen carefully, you can hear a cry for help

 

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[relicofdata]

Aren't you nosy to ask a girl about her love life? I can see why you don't get any dates. Understandable now.

[ Hakuno showing no mercy. She is still, a girl, after all. ]

Do I look like the type that would be forced into marriage that easily?

[morganknight]

Oh yeah, definitely not the total lack of interested, eligible girls and my subsequent lack of asking, definitely me being intolerable with the ladies...

The last person I knew who struggled with an unpleasantly arranged marriage definitely didn't look the type either. And I seem to recall you being a bit cynical about love. So two choice: ask and risk being an idiot and/or jerk, or don't ask and risk being unforgivably and willfully ignorant about a friend's dire circumstance. Not really much of a choice, is it?

[relicofdata]

Not very nice choices I can see. Have you ever considered making a third choice?

Well, I guess I should dispell your worries.

I am [ Was, because the person in question is no longer here, so Hakuno is back to being single? ] In a relationship with mutual feelings.

[morganknight]

I'd rather be the jerk than the villain, if given the chance.

I'm really happy to hear that, though. Even if it means that dealing with a fake-them must have sucked.

[relicofdata]

You get used to it after dealing with a bunch of them for a week straight.

[morganknight]

Did you really get lucky and not get attacked or harmed?

[relicofdata]

Of course not. I got kidnapped a few times when trying to defend my territory.

[ Thanks Lancelot. ]

[morganknight]

[This takes a moment.]

I would... really like to hear this story.

[relicofdata]

I got kidnapped?

[ What else does she need to say? ]

[morganknight]

Right, that's really more of a summary than a story... and the summary is notably lacking reference to aforementioned knights of the Round Table...

[relicofdata]

It's nothing interesting. I got kidnapped. I got taken back.

The cycle continues for a week, and that's it.

World peace.

[morganknight]

Okay. First question. Why is getting kidnapped not something interesting?

[relicofdata]

Is it supposed to be interesting? It was cold and dark and against my will?

[morganknight]

Interesting in the sense of unusual and statistically unlikely.
Maybe what I should be wondering is what life you lead that included that happening.

[relicofdata]

A world where only one person is left standing.

[morganknight]

You have a remarkable ability to say things that absolutely demand an incredible amount of context, without any hint that you're going to provide it.

[relicofdata]

Is that so? Thank you.

[ GURL. ]

[morganknight]

You're welcome.

[He said that with the full knowledge she'd take it as a compliment, so it was a compliment.]

But I would appreciate knowing the context.

[relicofdata]

I already told you. It's not that deep.

[morganknight]

I think the notion of a world where only one person is left standing could bear some expansion on the whys and wherefores.

[relicofdata]

I don't think so. It's just your typical tale.
The world is dying and humanity is also dying along with it.

[ In theory, it wasn't her problem, despite being the Ruler of the Moon, but this and that were different. ]

I'll keep it short. I was involved in a battle royale war where there is only one victor. I won. That's it. You can say I also gained a city as my prize, but that's unimportant.

[morganknight]

That... is not a literal "you're the only one left", I hope.

[relicofdata]

No.

It's literal.

[morganknight]

This explains a lot.

I'm sorry you had to go through that, for what it's worth.

[relicofdata]

I don't know why you would feel sorry for me, but I won't ask for any clarification.

[ If anything, it would turn south if Morgan tried to explain himself. So he best keep whatever thoughts he had in his head to himself.]

It's in the past now and it already happened. I can't change it.