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"....that sword. I can't believe it. You had it?"
"What about a newspaper article?" "Before you ask, I was gonna ask about that. You know people are gonna come after Miyazono here."
"This should be to your liking. The orichalcum shaft should make it as durable as anything your people could come up with. The Falkar bone is as tough as steel, but I've lined it with orichalcum to help its edge against non-monster opponents. The binding should help stabilisation, and the decorations...well....they'll remind you of home."
"So. That was a fun fight, huh?"
"Huh. You really talk like Father. He's....not around often, but he loves his weapons. He's a Belgor. Wendigo, specifically. You sound sorta like him when he gets into it." "Sorry. Odd thing to say. I'm....not used to talking with people. Per insists I....try."
"It's the mark of a true leader to attribute his victories to his peers, not just to himself. Or so that was what my father taught me. And the mark of a great sportsman to praise his opponent." "The eyes of Solrise are on you, Orrel, mine included. I can only hope I can prove to be a worthy opponent to someone like you. Both as a fighter and as a leader. Our encounter with the Kuriyama men reminded me that people still see me as some princeling. It's time to remind them of the opposite."
"Yes, yes. My name's Alya. I was....watching you guys fight. Congratulations on your win! I just happened to be passing through the city and...well, I figured I'd watch."
".....the master was already housing a traveller from the storm. Leave your horses. Our master would be happy to have you inside for the night. Is the bard with you?"
"Stop. Are you visitors of Master Sawatari?"
"The forge is unpleasantly warm. I've never had tolerance for the heat. Even using my Arte...I don't use it unless I have to." "My adoptive father is a blacksmith. Well, he knows blacksmithing, anyway. How are those looking?"
"..."
"Too many damn people here care too much about appearances." "That right there, that's why. You're obsessed with keeping appearances. You wanna set yourself up as a puppetmaster who can control everyone you want, whenever you want. You have this idea I'm some kinda hero fighting a corrupt system. You wish everything I said was true. You lie to yourself enough, you start believing it. You start thinking your lie's reality. That's the difference between you and me; you look for secrets, I look for the truth. Those two aren't the same thing." "I'm going to be blunt. You're not a puppetmaster. I'm not a hero. You're a kid, in charge of the Theatre Club. I'm a kid who picked the wrong fight and paid for it. You're not some irredeemable, dark, manipulative villain. You're a kid who said something dumb. Congratulations. We all say some dumb things, some more than others. Great. Apologise. If you're sincere, people can tell you are. And I don't think you're lying about thinking you hurt them or wanting to make it up to them. Give it time, of course. You bailed me out after Sasanuma, you had my back in battle. I wouldn't believe it either."
"I won't claim to know what your Kaijin did. Mine reminded me what was important. I knew myself. Ibaraki knew that. I don't know jack about how Inner Demons work; that's why you had to figure out if Kazami-senpai was Gawain. But I do know this; when you're backed against the wall, you can either cower down and wait for the blows to land on you, or you can raise your fists. Your actions don't reflect what you say, Sawatari. If you were the villain you thought you were, you wouldn't be crying because you said the wrong thing. Maybe that's what he's doing; he's goading you, trying to get you to flinch first, testing you. You can raise your fists and prove he's wrong and fight every inch of that until he backs down. That's what I'd do. You chase your target until the dogged end." "Or you can ignore what I said, continue thinking you're the villain and act like you've got nothing you can do to stop him. Your call. I'm not your keeper."
"You too, Demura? It's a turn of phrase. Besides, what could I possibly want? Your friend here is right. We're all here to help."
"What did you mean about Sakurajima?" "Ah, well. I heard some....rumours. Rumours our friends here might be interested in."
"Eh? Rumours?"
"Again with this good guy-bad guy stuff? We're not in an anime, you know." "My, my. My charms don't work on everybody. To think the Mad Dog's bark would be so harsh...I'm stung." "Sugiura." "Well...I did have some other reason. I was concerned about Sakurajima." "Huh?"
"Hm. Yes....I can make you something with these. Good material. You're accustomed to using this to hunt monsters, yes?" "Congratulations on your win, Orrel. Class 3-C are strong opponents. A fight against Theodora....that would silence any doubters of mine." "....congratulations."
"You did our countrymen proud, Kruger. Good job. The Starfall students couldn't stop talking about you." "Hello? You remember who I am? We....fought alongside each other. At Blackby?"
"Hark! I sense in thee....a fellow cultured appreciator. Do you have any idea of when the proprietors of the local bibliotheque will release the sacred text?"
"She's asking if you know when the next issue of Pretty Pretty Spark Kanade is out."
"So you met with Honda-sensei. Good to know he's still active. The old man....what I'd give for another spar with him. But, I will say, Kuroda might not be the biggest fan of me. Which is fair. She was always the most stubborn of us Cursed, the Horse. And that's with Yamada among them."
"Last I saw, she was working on some way to use potions to resist the Curse's effects on the mind, and knowing her, she might have even succeeded, given how she escaped. I can't say I'd recommend it; when we investigated her room after, the potion ingredients she used.....some of those shouldn't be consumed by humans in any amount."
"Well, there goes that. Still, if she knows anything about breaking the Curse...."
"We should really get in, if we're getting in. We can talk about this stuff when we find Kuroda."
"Shit." "Right. Aiuchi, you can handle the cooking part, right? I'll check on Sawatari, make sure he didn't go off and get the crap beaten out of him by Honda or something." "...hell happened here with you and Kazami-senpai?" "Sleazeball? That's a little unwarranted. We've just met, haven't we? I'm just being cordial." "Sugiura, is there something you want?" "Just being friendly, yeesh. Are you people like this to Mishima-senpai or Kazami-senpai? Come on."
"...."
"If the White Knight could have done anything to wake Yui up, he would have. Because people keep calling him a hero, so he must be one, right? And I would've thanked him for it. At least then she'd be out there, where she belongs. Not in a hospital bed. Even if her place didn't turn out to be next to mine. I would have given him anything to wake her up."
"Miracles aren't beyond the reach of the Kaijin. Or so, they keep saying, anyway. If I were Yui, I'd say something stupid and corny, like "the people the Kaijin save, even if you can't save everybody, that's the true miracle"." "I haven't heard her voice in a year, and yet it still sounds like it was just yesterday she was pestering me to come with her on some trip to Hokkaido or come eat organ meat yakiniku with her. What I'd give for the White Knight to get that voice of hers to say those dumb things again." "....if she was here, like she should be, she'd tell you to keep searching for your miracle, and have faith in what you CAN do, not what you wish you could."