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[deontology]

This is Abe no Sousei. Leave your request promptly.

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[souperb]

[ milla laughing alone with salsa.jpg

too bad for him, but she doesn't fall for obvious lies. mostly because she's the master of obvious lies.

she purposely sends this text a little late, as she finishes with packing away the salsa: ]

right
getting him hairties and calling him family isnt soft

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[deontology]

[.... yeah that's... honestly, he's never seen himself as soft, so this line of questioning is legitimately confusing to him.

But...what...? Hairties??? What hairties......

Still, the answer he types out may not be entirely what she's expecting.]

it isn't. there isn't anything soft about caring for family.

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[souperb]

[ ..... when he says things like that...

no, that's her definition of soft. she was thinking he was just being shy but... that's so straightforward it's actually a little painful.

and way to ask milla for hairties but not sousei, tenka....... ]

you make it sound like theres something bad about being soft

[ and she had typed "like i'm someone who can talk about that", but she hesitates, erases it instead for: ]

im leaving now

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[deontology]

[But there is something wrong with being soft. He can't survive in the world he's in while being soft. He has to be prepared to cut off anyone in the squad at any time (he isn't, he never was). He has to be prepared to do whatever it takes for victory, or to do what he is required to do by his superiors (but he wasn't, and he didn't).

No, being soft didn't get him anywhere, but perhaps having emotions and being human wasn't so bad after all.

So instead of prolonging a conversation that is clearly done, she simply gets acknowledgement.]

fine