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"Yo, it's Nakahara Chuuya. I'm way too busy to talk to you right now, so leave a message and I'll get back to you. Probably."

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[goatsongs]

And yet you're usually the one texting me.

[loopsbian]

Clearly I am a glutton for punishment!

[goatsongs]

Terrible. And here I am enabling you.

[loopsbian]

Simply revolting. Did nobody teach you how to treat a young lady? You're meant to chide me for such unbecoming habits!

[goatsongs]

Sorry, I only had boys, I don't know how to deal with young ladies.

[loopsbian]

[ what ]

Mr. Chuuya, I didn't take you for a parent!

[goatsongs]

I don't know how I should take that.

[loopsbian]

I'd always assumed you were
Well, younger, I suppose?
Not quite my age, of course, but something a bit closer.
More like a brother than

[ oh. she hit the wrong button.

...how does she unsend a message.

How Does She Unsend A Message. ]

[goatsongs]

That's not so bad to hear. [She definitely could have meant it in a much worse way.] But no, I died at age thirty.

1/2

[loopsbian]

I have no idea what you could mean. This dreaded phone corrected "bother."

[ she's embarrassed to say any of this- ]

2/2

[loopsbian]

[ -especially when he follows up with that. ]

Oh
I had no idea? You didn't seem thirty
That's

My condolences. I treaded thoughtlessly on ideas that should be approached carefully.

[goatsongs]

Don't worry about it. I'm not upset about my own death - I did more with thirty years than some people accomplish with ninety, I'm satisfied.

[loopsbian]

Don't think to speak for me! I'm not worried or upset.
I'm simply trying to be polite.

[ she's simply worried and upset, is all. ]

If you say you're satisfied, then I suppose that's all there is to it.
So that's that.

May I ask a somewhat improper question, Mr. Chuuya?

[goatsongs]

Go for it.

[loopsbian]

I understand that you are satisfied with the life you led.
But are you pleased to have a second attempt nonetheless?

[goatsongs]

[That's a good question, and it takes a couple minutes for him to answer.]

It's hard not to think about the people who deserve a second chance more than I do.

[loopsbian]

Perhaps so.
I know little of your life and your own trials.
That said, my question is not one of "shoulds" and "should nots."

Mr. Chuuya, are you pleased to be alive?
Knowing that you have died once, and will near undoubtedly die again, is this life still worthwhile?

[goatsongs]

I guess I am. I wouldn't have met you, otherwise.

[That alone might make the pain worthwhile.]

[loopsbian]

[ this time, it's satoko's turn to stay silent. a minute passes, then two, and it's halfway through the third when she finally says: ]

I'm glad.
Really, truly glad.

I hope she feels similarly.

[goatsongs]

I can't speak for her feelings. Only mine.

[loopsbian]

I know. I wouldn't ask you to try.

[goatsongs]

I wouldn't know what it's like to die over and over again, either. My only advice there is 'try not to go out through brain disease, it sucks'.

[escardos]

like an isekai?

[goatsongs]

Don't talk to me about isekai, that's the laziest genre in Japanese literature's history.

[escardos]

woah, that's a pretty strong opinion! :O you really hate them that much?