shaft | school: lucretia

I think it's more that he just-- never considered anything else.

[he seemed kind of surprised by the suggestion.]

That he could live? I guess that's understandable...

Do you think he wants to?

...I really don't know. I hope so.

[he's still young, after all, and-- well, he's someone she'd like to have a better ending than what he got.

she's quiet for a moment, before she remembers something, and pulls one of these out of her notebook.]

Oh-- here, by the way. There was one for everyone this morning, including all of you who moved.

[ He looks a little surprised, taking the bookmark and looking over it. ]

... Considering how suspicious I was of everyone when we first arrived, it's really incredible how far we've come.

I had my doubts, at first, just how well our dorm would actually get along-- but I think we all got closer than I expected.

Yeah.

[ It started with screaming and Molly being punched in the face. ]

Are you... all right? After that reveal yesterday?

I'm fine, Claude, I-- knew what I was signing up for when I agreed.

[including the fact that, whether she personally helped kill anyone or not, there were going to be people upset about it. and the rest of it is-- well.]

Things got... rough, over the weekend, but I think we're going to manage.

[ He nods. ]

You were all doing the best you could within the constraints given to you, and we know that. But... it's hard to overpower emotions with logic.

For the record, I don't hold any of it against you.

I know. It was-- hard for me to do that yesterday, too.

[sometimes just none of the maf is okay.]

...but thank you, Claude.

[ He shakes his head as if to say it's nothing.

Then, ] ... So you and Sieghart?

[with zero hesitation:]

We've met, yes.

Ah, and you often greet each other like that?

[damn, of course he was looking. she sounds a little amused, when she continues.]

If we did, I don't think he'd nearly have fainted.

He is very shy... I wish you the best of luck with him.

Surprisingly so, yes, but it's... pretty endearing, actually.

[she thinks it's very cute, which is probably dangerous for sieghart.]

Honestly, though, we really haven't discussed anything further. There's enough going on, as it is.

[high likelihood this is schrodinger's ship until endgame.]

You're not wrong.

But there's nothing wrong with trying to savour something important when the future is uncertain.

That's more or less the plan, I believe.

[to just-- have whatever this is, while they can.]

[ His expression softens. ]

Then I'll let you enjoy whatever you can. Even though Sieghart is shyer than I expected...

I'm surprised he really hasn't fainted yet, to be honest with you.

[this man is really 600 years old and just falls apart if you're too intimate with him, how is he functioning.]

You've really got your hands full no matter what, hm?

Have you thought about what you'll do after this?

I've thought about it nearly the entire time I've been here.

When I left my home-- it was very literally the end of the world. I need to get back there and save it.

[which is-- one of the key reasons they haven't bothered to discuss where to go from here. he has his business to return to, and there's absolutely no way she can leave hers.]

Yeesh. Do you ever get any rest, Lucretia?

[ But. That lays out in fairly certain terms what the future holds for them. He's not going to bring up the potential of wishes being granted when he doesn't believe in them. ]

I'll give him a lecture on your behalf as well then.

Not in the past, oh.... seven or eight years, not really.

[sometimes, things are just like that. she's been so focused on this effort, and-- it's almost done.]

A lecture on what, exactly? I'm starting to suspect just about everyone I know plans to corner him over this.

... Honesty?

He's just-- someone who's less inclined to be direct about these things, I think.

[he's out here dying over just being smooched.]

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