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[dawnblushed]

...

[wow. she hates that.




but she nods.]

[arkitect]

Thank you. I would not have your work be for naught, if that came to pass.

[dawnblushed]

You killed in self-defense, so I don't think anyone could possibly begrudge you fighting for your life tomorrow, too.

It's probably selfish of me, but part of me hopes you both find a way out of this. Chiron is important to me, so I really don't want to lose him.

[but frankly i don't trust that he won't be the executioner!]

[arkitect]

Well, it will depend on who it is. If they offer, I will hardly turn them down.

[but, you know, he expects people to be pissed if he pulls a kano.]

I do not know how both of us would, but... maybe your hope will be rewarded in some fashion.

[dawnblushed]

If it's me, fight me. I can't say I won't fight back, but you deserve the chance.

[people can be as pissed as they want. self-defense is self-defense!]

[arkitect]

I would not expect you to simply give up your own life for mine, no, but if that is how you would have it... I will accept.

[dawnblushed]

[except we both know it won't be her because she got to do it w0]

Good. And if that's the case, we'd still be able to use our code.

[arkitect]

So we would.

[a slight hint of a smile, at that.]

May others be so gracious about it, if 'tis not by your hand that I am set to die.

[dawnblushed]

Ultimately, what's most important is finding a way out of this situation.

I don't think any of us wants to die, but we should all be prepared for it, and be prepared to do what we can after that happens. We know they're not dead in the sense that they're gone, anyway.

[arkitect]

Well, that has never been a concern for my kind anyway. It is simply an annoyance to be forced to start again somewhere else.

[dawnblushed]

[you can practically see the "?" over yona's head at that]

[arkitect]

Ah- our souls are rather persistent, you see, and do not dissipate with our bodies. The body you see me in now is a vessel, one of many I have occupied over the eons.

[just waving a hand, casually!]

I have 'died' many times before. Even should my soul be trapped elsewhere, 'twill be no great change.

[hence why he's fine with just planning what he's going to do over there, if nothing happens to allow him to live.]

[dawnblushed]

[...huh.

that's... interesting, really! yona can't help but be curious about it. they may be straying from the topic here, but.]

Like reincarnation?

[arkitect]

More akin to... possession, we shall say, though I must clarify there are not truly souls inhabiting the vessels we use before we take hold of them. I have always remained myself, with my own soul intact; 'tis only the body that changes.

[dawnblushed]

I see... I've never heard of anything like that happening in my world.

There are a lot of really interesting worlds out there.

[arkitect]

...so there are. I should like to see some of them, eventually, and compare them to my own.

[dawnblushed]

I wonder if that's possible.

It might be, since we were able to come here. And, Sora said he's been to other worlds even before this, so there must be ways.