BERTOLT

[bloodread]

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[perspire]

[ he's silent but he turns onto his side to look at him ]

I'm glad you punched me then.

--And I get it. [ he can understand what akira is saying there and he'd do the same ]

[bloodread]

[ Good he thinks, he has no problem saying he would but there's comfort in knowing it would be accepted. ]

I know I said I hit you too hard, but why? [ This is a question he has wondered for years with someone else and its happened again, onegai. ]

[perspire]

Because you hit me. You didn't try to feel sorry for me when I was acting that way.

[ maybe stop hitting guys akira?? ]

[bloodread]

Well, yeah. I'm not sure I know how to do that. [ Half he can't stand it, half it was never taught him to him so this is how he does empathy. He's gonna need some time to process that it was welcomed, but in the end he won't think too hard. ]

I'll still hit you if you do something stupid again.

[perspire]

[ it's fine, he'll tell him it was welcomed ]

Please keep doing it.

I need someone who will do that.

And I can do the same for you.

[bloodread]

You really think you're gonna fuck up again? [ There is some measure of faith here. ]

And I'm stubborn, you know.

[perspire]

I'm going to try not to. But, just in case-- [ looks at him ]

I know.

[bloodread]

Just in case I'll kick your ass, got it.

[ Looks back with something of a smile. ]

You haven't really seen it besides the Ulrika and Monika thing. [ This is just a heads up cause man can he be really stupid. ]

[perspire]

[ just smiling back ]

I can't wait to see more then.

[bloodread]

[ nani. ]

I got thrown in jail once cause I told a cop to go fuck herself, and then I almost died cause she wanted to keep me to teach me a lesson and I only had a few hours left on my curse.

[perspire]

[ ...akira pls ]

Kijima...

[bloodread]

What? I really just wanted to tell her she was a fucking dumbass who was gonna kill her only witness but I wound up telling her about spirits being real instead.

[perspire]

And... how did that end up for you?

[bloodread]

I'm here, aren't I?

[perspire]

Ah, I mean, did telling her about spirits end up helping you?

[bloodread]

Yeah, she actually believed me somehow and let me go on the condition she came with me. And then she died three times cause she's a dumbass who thinks she knows best.

[ Yes, three times. ]

[perspire]

... Well, I'm glad it worked out.

[ he's actually kind of interested to experience some of this stuff ]

[bloodread]

You're not gonna ask how she kept killing herself?

[perspire]

I'm curious but also don't feel like asking about how someone died just yet.

[bloodread]

[ Fair, but- ]

She's still alive.

[perspire]

That's even better.

[bloodread]

[ He didn't ask but Akira is going to say it anyway. ]

It was a time traveling elevator. [ This is why nothing here is actually that weird. ]

[perspire]

--What's an elevator?

[bloodread]

You don't have those? It's uh, a moving platform that goes up and down so you can get to high places easily.

[perspire]

Oh, we had something like that to get horses over the walls.

They were just called lifts.