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[heavenscorpse]

[V/V smiles at the screen gently, a little more subdued than normal.]

A lot of people here need a lot of happiness in their lives right about now... I'm not good at a lot of things, but I can try to do the best I can at what I can do.

I'm going to have a concert at the start of the next month, where there'll be food to make a really good concert experience. Everyone who wants to play or sing is welcome to perform, and I'll be singing.

Do you know any songs from your home? Can you teach me? I only know songs from my world, but I know they won't mean as much to you as songs from your homes. It's okay if they're in languages I don't speak, I'm good at mimicking them.

And if you don't like music...

What makes you happy?

Comments

[pinnaculum]

Yes, I did.

[Sort of. He was raised and trained to be a soldier all his life.]

[heavenscorpse]

Then you chose to protect people, and you chose to be kind.

[pinnaculum]

[Well, he can't argue with that.]

Then I might be kind.

[Though he's not used to thinking of himself as kind.]

I do wish to protect others. It is for the common good.

[heavenscorpse]

I would like to protect others if I knew how to do that.

[pinnaculum]

Why can you not fight?

You could learn.

[heavenscorpse]

I don't want to hurt anyone. But it's hard to protect people without doing that.

[pinnaculum]

Hurting people is sometimes necessary.

[heavenscorpse]

I know. I wouldn't be a good soldier.

[pinnaculum]

No, you would not.

Not everyone needs to be a soldier. Some people can be protected.

My name is Sephiroth.

[heavenscorpse]

Mine is V/V. It's nice to meet you.

[pinnaculum]

It is nice to meet you, too.

I would teach you how to fight, but if you do not want to learn, I can protect you.

[heavenscorpse]

If you want to protect me, does that mean we're friends?

[pinnaculum]

I want to protect all the populace. They are not all my friends.

[He doesn't have many friends.]

[heavenscorpse]

Oh... But can we be friends anyway?

[pinnaculum]

Why do you want to be friends? We do not know each other.

[heavenscorpse]

We could get to know each other, though.

[pinnaculum]

We could. You would like to?

[heavenscorpse]

I would really like to.

[pinnaculum]

All right. What would you like to know?

[Sephiroth isn't good at this whole "making friends" thing.]

[heavenscorpse]

[That's okay.]

What kinds of things would you like to do? Maybe you can pick up a hobby here that will make you happier.

[pinnaculum]

I like to fight monsters and explore. I patrol the tower to protect people.

I also like to read. I am very interested in scientific texts.

[heavenscorpse]

I like to read too. Could you teach me about science sometime?

[pinnaculum]

What do you read?

If you would like, I can. There is a great deal to know.

[heavenscorpse]

I read things about people. Histories, and philosophy, and things like that. I also like stories.

[pinnaculum]

Philosophy may be interesting, depending on its focus. I have read about the philosophy of war, and history is a good way to learn about strategy and battles.

I do not read many stories.