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[mylegacy]

"Leave a message, per favore; I'll be back before you know it."

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[starmark]

I guess I'm sort of biased. I only knew Kakyoin for fifty days.

It seemed like much longer than that.

[mylegacy]

Maybe. I don't know. Maybe it matters more if it's someone important. Even if it's not so long.

[starmark]

He was really important to you. Right?

[mylegacy]

Yes.

[mfmfmfmmfmfmfmfmdfm]

He was my best friend.

[starmark]

Okay.

...Maybe this will sound weird. But if you need to fight again, tell me? Let it be me, rather than someone else.

[mylegacy]

She won't like that.

[starmark]

I know she won't.

But I think she'd like it less if she found out that I knew there was something I could do to help, and hadn't done it.

[mylegacy]

But does she understand that it will help?

[starmark]

She could. Maybe not the "why", but at least that it would help.

[mylegacy]

I don't want her to be upset.

I'm not saying no. It's just important.

[starmark]

It'd probably help if we started with not beating the shit out of each other right in front of her.

There are places around where no one would bother us.

[mylegacy]

So sneaking around.

What does it do? Your Stand thing.

[starmark]

[...Oh. Um. Hmmm.]

It punches really hard.

But it also protects me. On its own. I was holding him back when we were fighting because he didn't understand why I wasn't using him.

[mylegacy]

Why didn't you? If you just wanted me to go away.

[starmark]

I guess because I didn't want you to go away.

Lay off my mom, sure, but. A lot of what you did reminded me of stuff I used to do. The way I used to feel.

[mylegacy]

Like what?

[starmark]

...

When I first got here, I felt like a shell. I was going through motions, that's all. And then I fought a guy, and for a little bit I felt alive again, because I understood fighting, and it feels good. Even when it hurts it feels good because it's coming from the outside and not the inside.

And then I thought, what if that's the only way I'll ever feel alive again. What if that's all I'm good for, because I couldn't imagine anything else. Nothing else felt like fighting did, but I was sick of it too.

When you looked at me, and you thought there was a fight waiting, all of a sudden you looked alive. Excited. It's like why you said you didn't use Hamon. You wanted a fight. It didn't matter who won, just so long as it happened. Right?

[mylegacy]

[. . . oh.]

yes

i wouldnt have stopped if you hadnt

[starmark]

Yeah. I kind of figured.

Kakyoin was the first one here of any of us. I came second. When I got here, there were people who'd cared about him, and been his friends. Kept him from being alone.

Honestly I don't really get along with most of them. They piss me off a lot. But I'm glad that they were there for my best friend when I wasn't. I feel like that's what Jiji would want, too.

We don't have to like each other, or be friends, or even agree on a lot of things if that's how it ends up turning out. But you're important. So I'd like to respect that.

[mylegacy]

. . .

He'd say the same thing, but be more of a smartass about it. So, I guess that means it's fine.

[starmark]

Well I'm not doing an impression of him so tough shit.

...

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD OHHHHHHHHHHHH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[mylegacy]

[xlknfxcjkl]

That's pretty good.

[starmark]

He's such a dumbass.

Will you keep spending time with my mom?

[mylegacy]

If you're okay with that.

[starmark]

It makes her really happy.

She's lonely, too, and she tries not to let on.