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Am I supposed to lie, and say I find it enjoyable? I do not delight in other people's suffering. Not even yours.

How pure and noble of you!

[ there is a sigh at that ]

I am not trying to antagonize you. And I am not trying to prove myself virtuous.

I am also a terrible person.

Yes. You are. Because you'll claim to not delight in other people's suffering, but delight in your own quite a bit!

Hypocrite that you are, do you really have room to comment on what kind of story mine is when you delight in destroying your own so much?

[ ONCE AGAIN he has to stay quiet for a few long moments, though he does let out a little mm of very clear, obvious annoyance. Do not treat Kim Dokja like Aglaea 2.0 Lyle will not be happy and unlike Aglaea this man might just off himself out of spite. Be strong. ]

I see. So this is a limit we could have negotiated earlier. We've found one for you.

[the want to point out that he WARNED HIM--but that does go to prove that they hit a limit and Kim Dokja very much wants to just erase this entire conversation to prevent that limit from being known again.]

Congratulations. I'm sure you're very proud of yourself in finding that and then when the conversation turns itself back to you, you won't acknowledge any limits because that would be admitting that you do have an area you don't like to have torn open.

I'd hate for you to have to admit such a thing to yourself.

...

My sister is one such limit. I've recently discussed her, and my feelings regarding her death, with Linnea. And I shut down.

It is not as if I believe I have none. It's simply easier to ignore them than acknowledge them.

What else do I need to share before you start thinking you have an equivalent amount of ammo against me? I will do that.

How about the fact that this means you lied earlier?

You had a known limit. You just didn't want to say it.

[this... this is what frustrates him! he was being honest! joke's on him! should stop doing that with this guy!]

I did not think it counted as one before I saw your reaction. I was reminded of my own and realized it now.

I am willing to let you put me on another forced obedience effect, if it would make you see that my attempts of understanding are sincere. Will you try to understand me as well?

[doesn't really believe that excuse, he definitely wouldn't put it passed this guy to lie about it and then make such a claim.

but he at least doesn't say that.]

... I'm sorry for your loss.

[he can at least acknowledge that much.]

I don't... know if obedience will necessarily lead to an understanding. And I don't know what will make me feel as if I have an equal measure of someone like you.

[ that's a bit better, so it at least makes him less of a hissy cat. ]

I did not mean to antagonize you with my commentary. And I apologize for hurting you with it. I will not be so careless again.

... As for my own limit. Linnea tried to comfort me by forwarding a hypothesis that she may have lived happily in different cycles. Different versions of the life I knew. That there must have been millions of lifetimes in which she wasn't taken early.

And that it was not my fault that she died.

That is what I could not accept and hear.

[ It's obvious he's saying that to level the playing field, deliberately giving him ammo against him ]

[the furrowed brow is one of someone who is. seeing a similarity. in someone that is NOT himself. and that's... hm. unsure how to feel about that.]

... in my experience, a brother isn't likely to find comfort in that. They'd rather keep suffering hell to make sure that their sister is safe in any timeline.

[Yu Junghyeok's feelings toward his sister... complicated but. just as extreme, honestly. never once forgave himself for any times she ended up dying, but especially not the first time.]

So it's not a tactic I would take to comfort someone.

...mm. It had the opposite effect. All the more so because I do remember two different timelines. The circumstances were different, but she still died.

[ a pause, and then he adds ]

You know someone who is trying to bring a loved one back, then.

... a regressor. Someone who could restart his life at the beginning of the Scenarios.

But it didn't mean he could bring anyone back.

[ The way he looks at him changes in a way that suggests something just piqued his interest ]

... Is that so. Does that mean he was the only one to go back with his memories intact, while the rest of the world went back to the start?

That is how it appeared to him, yes.

[ there is another annoyed noise ]

... mm.

Then that's the same as Phainon.

Phainon does have that protagonist-like energy.

[ crossing his arms at chest ]

He is a fool who would rather burn himself into a crisp than share his burdens. Had I not convinced him to take the role of Queen seriously he would have simply went on planning a happy end for everyone else. One that would not include him in it.

That hero complex of his is simply annoying.

[hey, wait, this sounds less like Yu Junghyeok suddenly?????

well, except... 999th Yu Junghyeok but--Yu Jungheyoks that Kim Dokja based his Scenarios run off of, hello??]

... why wouldn't he want himself included?

Edited 2025-09-03 19:16 (UTC)

That is a question you should pose to him. He thinks he can just suffer through 33 million cycles and have us accept that another "Deliverer" will bring us salvation. Without even asking us if we'd even want such a thing!

Ridiculous. That he'd be left behind was never agreed upon.

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I have to go now.

[ the JUDGING look ]

Ah, so you have more in common with him too.

I have said nothing of the sort!

You are running away because you're also being scolded.

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