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[rainshaveceased]

"You have reached the voicemail of Dignity. Please leave a message after the beep."

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Re: 430 probably

[temperedinpride]

They need not be rational. Nor do you need to ignore them. I would offer you any comfort or reassurance for your heart, Elidibus. Even should it not make the feelings fade.

Re: 430 probably

[rainshaveceased]

You already have. I just... need some more time to become accustomed to all this.

Re: 430 probably

[temperedinpride]

Time you have. But that does not mean you should ignore it now that it is acknowledged.

Re: 430 probably

[rainshaveceased]

I did not say I was going to ignore it.

Re: 430 probably

[temperedinpride]

Forgive me if I worry that you will put the needs, or perceived needs, of others before your own.

Re: 430 probably

[rainshaveceased]

...

[why must you call him out like this how is he supposed to respond]

Re: 430 probably

[temperedinpride]

[How long has he known you!]

That silence tells me enough. I will worry far less if you actually confide in me.

Re: 430 probably

[rainshaveceased]

I... find that difficult.

Re: 430 probably

[temperedinpride]

And why is that?

Re: 430 probably

[rainshaveceased]

I should be the one taking care of you.

Re: 430 probably

[temperedinpride]

Elidibus.

[He leans back to frame Elidibus's face in his hands.]

We are meant to take care of one another. And if you are going to protest, I am your elder. If anyone were meant to look after the two of you, it would have been me.

Re: 430 probably

[rainshaveceased]

-It doesn't matter that you are older. I'm supposed to help you.

Re: 430 probably

[temperedinpride]

We are supposed to be to help each other!

Re: 430 probably

[rainshaveceased]

I am Elidibus. I have a duty towards you, towards all our people. You cannot ask me to ignore that.

Re: 430 probably

[temperedinpride]

I am not asking you to ignore anything. You are the one ignoring that you are one of those selfsame people we have all had a duty to since we joined the convocation.

You are not exempt from support or being one of our people simply by your title of office, nor by being Zodiark's heart.

Re: 430 probably

[rainshaveceased]

And I am not claiming to be exempt from support. All I am saying is that if I put your needs above my own, it is for a good reason.

Re: 430 probably

[temperedinpride]

I will be most vexed if you do that, Elidibus.

Re: 430 probably

[rainshaveceased]

Then I suppose you will have to be vexed.

Re: 430 probably

[temperedinpride]

To what end is this stubbornness? What does it serve?

Re: 430 probably

[rainshaveceased]

Have I not made my thoughts clear?

Re: 430 probably

[temperedinpride]

And have I not made mine? I feel no ease from knowing your burden yourself when you could rely on me. There is no lightening of my load from it, no relief, only dread.

Re: 430 probably

[rainshaveceased]

You don't need to worry about me.

Re: 430 probably

[temperedinpride]

Of course I do. Just as you worry for myself and Hades, none of us will be free of worry for one another for the rest of our days I expect.

Re: 430 probably

[rainshaveceased]

But-

[he has no arguments because he knows he's wrong here]

But, even so...

Re: 430 probably

[temperedinpride]

Speak to me, Elidibus.