[Given that he most certainly has an affection here, one might expect him to argue. Yet he does not. The utilization of one's talents is one's duty. And that, after all, is everything. He knows that better than most.]
I can think of nothing I would hate more than a werewolf trying to get a knot out of my back.
[Which is an exaggeration, of course; in turn, that can only mean that Sephiroth is joking, a tiny amount, a quiet acknowledgment of the other's concern.]
I will. If someone else needs your assistance, I assume you're fine with me directing them your way?
After the bombing.
𝐼𝒻 𝐼 𝓂𝒶𝓎 𝒶𝓈𝓀, 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓊𝓃𝒽𝒶𝓇𝓂𝑒𝒹?
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[Dispensing of the pleasantries works well enough for Sephiroth, who has been kept very busy in the time that followed Libertas' destruction.]
The army was deployed to Libertas almost immediately. I'm there right now, trying to aid those I can.
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𝒮𝑒𝓅𝒽𝒾𝓇𝑜𝓉𝒽...
[A pause before the writing starts once more.]
𝐼 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒶 𝒻𝑒𝓌 𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒿𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓎𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝑜𝓇𝒹𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝓊𝓅𝓅𝓁𝓎 𝓇𝑒𝓁𝒾𝑒𝒻 𝓈𝓊𝓅𝓅𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓈. 𝒯𝒾𝓃𝒸𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒𝓈, 𝒻𝑜𝑜𝒹, 𝒸𝓁𝑜𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔. 𝒯𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓈𝑜𝓇𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔.
[And another.]
𝐼 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓂𝒶𝓎 𝒾𝓃𝒸𝓇𝒾𝓂𝒾𝓃𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝓂𝑒 𝓈𝑜 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝒾𝓃, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝐼 𝓈𝑒𝑒 𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓉𝓁𝑒 𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝓅𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊. 𝒮𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓌𝒾𝓈𝒽 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒶 𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝑜𝓊𝓉, 𝓌𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒷𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒷𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓊𝓈.
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I appreciate your willingness to risk yourself to that degree for me.
[And that, never mind the plainness of the statement, is sincere.]
But I have no reason to abandon the Free Cities right now. If anything, I'm needed in Libertas to continue aiding the military with the relief effort.
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[Given that he most certainly has an affection here, one might expect him to argue. Yet he does not. The utilization of one's talents is one's duty. And that, after all, is everything. He knows that better than most.]
𝐼 𝒽𝑜𝓅𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝑒𝒻𝒻𝑜𝓇𝓉𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓈𝓊𝒸𝒸𝑒𝓈𝓈𝒻𝓊𝓁, 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓃. 𝒜𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝒻 𝐼 𝓂𝒶𝓎 [Even if he may not.] 𝒹𝑜 𝓁𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝒶𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻. ...𝒪𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝓌𝑒 𝓂𝑒𝑒𝓉, 𝐼'𝓁𝓁 𝒶𝓈𝓀 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓌𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓌𝑜𝓁𝒻 𝒻𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝑔𝑜 𝒶𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊.
𝑅𝑒𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽, 𝓅𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓈𝑒 𝓉𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝓇𝑒.
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[Which is an exaggeration, of course; in turn, that can only mean that Sephiroth is joking, a tiny amount, a quiet acknowledgment of the other's concern.]
I will. If someone else needs your assistance, I assume you're fine with me directing them your way?
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[You're welcome, Sephiroth.]
𝒪𝒻 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈𝑒. 𝐼 𝒸𝒶𝓃𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝓂𝒾𝓈𝑒 𝓌𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝒷𝑒 𝒹𝒾𝓈𝒸𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇𝑒𝒹, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓂𝓎 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝒹. 𝐼 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒹𝑜 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝐼 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂.