[she didn't expect him to say "yes" to that question; it was more a stalling technique than anything. because while she was able to tell him the first part of the story in a clinical, observant manner, this next part is. . . ]
[. . .]
[something wrenches within. it knocks her off balance, causes her to slump forward, away from the warmth of his embrace. she presses a hand against her face, shoulders hunched]
[this next part is. . .]
He-- wanted to make an ideal world. . . where Velvet could be happy. He told me that. During our second week here, he told me that he was thinking about killing someone, to create a world where there was no malevolence. No daemonblight. No need for Maotelus. I didn't-- hhhhhaha-- really think much about it. Velvet is. . . his everything.
[. . . is that laughter lacing her words?]
H-haha! It's really funny, actually! Because, you see, I didn't realize exactly what he meant by that! I thought, well, why not create a world without malevolence? Then. . . then Velvet could be happy, because she wouldn't be a daemon, she wouldn't need to keep herself sealed away with Innominat to prevent him from turning everyone into emotionless slaves, and she could actually live with the rest of us, and it'd be just like old times, when we were all traveling the world together! You know? That that sounded-- heeeeh-- like a pretty good deal!
[if he still has a hold on her, even after she slumped forward in his arms, she's turning limp now. collapsing to the ground at his feet, her hand still pressed against her face and her shoulders shaking with. . . laughter]
Joke's on me, though! T-to him, the ideal world for Velvet is. . . is one where every bad thing that happened to her. . . n-never happened. A world where the S-Shepherd never killed her brother. Where he remained Arthur, Velvet's brother-in-law, and her sister Celica never died and the Laphicet you know here was born as their child and everyone lived together like one, big happy family!
It's an ideal world where I never would have met the Velvet I knew and loved. A world where I never w-would have met him-- Laphicet-- or. . . or Rokurou, or Eizen, or Eleanor, or. . .
[waves her free hand, a helpless motion]
H-hey, that's funny, isn't it? That's something worth laughing over? B-because I really can't stop right now!
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[. . .]
[something wrenches within. it knocks her off balance, causes her to slump forward, away from the warmth of his embrace. she presses a hand against her face, shoulders hunched]
[this next part is. . .]
He-- wanted to make an ideal world. . . where Velvet could be happy. He told me that. During our second week here, he told me that he was thinking about killing someone, to create a world where there was no malevolence. No daemonblight. No need for Maotelus. I didn't-- hhhhhaha-- really think much about it. Velvet is. . . his everything.
[. . . is that laughter lacing her words?]
H-haha! It's really funny, actually! Because, you see, I didn't realize exactly what he meant by that! I thought, well, why not create a world without malevolence? Then. . . then Velvet could be happy, because she wouldn't be a daemon, she wouldn't need to keep herself sealed away with Innominat to prevent him from turning everyone into emotionless slaves, and she could actually live with the rest of us, and it'd be just like old times, when we were all traveling the world together! You know? That that sounded-- heeeeh-- like a pretty good deal!
[if he still has a hold on her, even after she slumped forward in his arms, she's turning limp now. collapsing to the ground at his feet, her hand still pressed against her face and her shoulders shaking with. . . laughter]
Joke's on me, though! T-to him, the ideal world for Velvet is. . . is one where every bad thing that happened to her. . . n-never happened. A world where the S-Shepherd never killed her brother. Where he remained Arthur, Velvet's brother-in-law, and her sister Celica never died and the Laphicet you know here was born as their child and everyone lived together like one, big happy family!
It's an ideal world where I never would have met the Velvet I knew and loved. A world where I never w-would have met him-- Laphicet-- or. . . or Rokurou, or Eizen, or Eleanor, or. . .
[waves her free hand, a helpless motion]
H-hey, that's funny, isn't it? That's something worth laughing over? B-because I really can't stop right now!