[ inbox = seasons ]

[at_heart]

un:🐺

[ Video / Voice / Text / Action / Delivery / Whatever ]

You called me, so my guess is you know who I am.
But I'm busy, so leave a message, or whatever.

Comments

[at_heart]

Always happy to be the lesser evil

[ This sounds like A Lot, but he's down for it. ]

Where are you? I'm in Blossomcrown

We can meet at a bar in the middle

[forgingfires]

I am too. I'll meet you [Put specific bar here. Not where Saya works or frequents because he would rather not be overheard.]

[at_heart]

Works for me
Phone says like 15 minutes

[ but that passes quickly, and it's not long before he's adding: ]

I'm here

[ Did he ride a horse to get here, it's possible. If so, Thistle is being tied up outside before he comes in. ]

[forgingfires]

I'm inside. At the far left corner.

[Because again, not so easy to overhear. At very least, no bartender who might hear it all.]

[He's already downed a full bottle of absinthe, and working on a second.]

[Holding up a hand in a wave.]

[at_heart]

[ —Cool, cool, cool. Sitting down gingerly across from you. ]

Hey.

[forgingfires]

[His constitution is expensive.]

Hello. Order what you want.

[at_heart]

Do you need a drinking companion, or can I stick with water?

[forgingfires]

You can stick to water if you want. I'm not going to get sloppy drunk.

At least not with a lot more hours.

[at_heart]

Done and done.

[ Also making a mental note that you're one of Those. ]

...So. You wanted to talk about her?

[forgingfires]

... [Downing another glass. And yeah, despite being a bottle and a half, he definitely does not look drunk. Maybe buzzed.]

You know about the Chevaliers and Haji and all the painful history?

[at_heart]

I think so.

[forgingfires]

I think Haji is alive.

[at_heart]

—Oh.

[ Well, shit. ] [ But give Yuri credit, because he gets pretty quickly to: ]

And you haven't told her yet.

[forgingfires]

No.

The most dangerous poison to an immortal is hope.

That is often in regards to the matter of dead loved ones.

[at_heart]

...so you just want to make sure he's alive before you say anything?

[ His tone is muted. Neutral. ]

[forgingfires]

Maybe? I don't know.

I've been trying to figure out what is better to do. Tell her, not tell her, leave it, just plan to go to her world when we're out of this place to find him myself instead of letting the possibility plague her.

[at_heart]

[ Heh. ]

Have you talked to her about him in any detail? Last I heard, she didn't... want to remember anything more about him.

[forgingfires]

We have talked about him.

That is her when she is sure he's dead.

But he might not be.

And he's her Chevalier. [And he Understands her on that connection.]

[at_heart]

...Right. But she said she didn't want to remember him for someone else's sake.

[forgingfires]

Someone else's?

...Kantera?

[She's never expressed not wanting to remember Haji specifically. Just the general want to not remember tragedy.]

[at_heart]

[ Aha. Yuri hesitates. ]

S'just something she mentioned a while back.

[forgingfires]

...did she mention WHY it's for someone else's sake?

She's never seemed to hesitate to talk about Haji to me. Obviously she isn't talking about Haji to just anyone, but she never indicated specific aversions about Haji.

More about how some may react to Chevaliers.

[at_heart]

She did, yeah.

Dunno if it's out of date, or...

[ Maybe it applies to Red, too? ]

[forgingfires]

What is it?

[at_heart]

Mm. Well — how do you feel about her having other people who're really, really important to her?