audience: shess

[cyclists]

Comments

[nonbelligerent]

Whatever lead the others have found, I have no idea of. Therefore, in comparison to them, I'm not exactly making progress.

[his sole achievement this week was getting minato to eat.]

[cyclists]

[that's a pretty solid achievement]

Does this frustrate you?

[nonbelligerent]

Why would it not? I'm old, not emotionless.

[cyclists]

Ahaha, I would never think to accuse you of such, my friend.

[shess, of all people, definitely can't be mistaken for emotionless]

Is there a way that I might be able to help?

With the understanding, of course, that I cannot give answers as freely as I wish.

[nonbelligerent]

Unfortunately, answers are what I want.

[cyclists]

Naturally so...

But just as I cannot give them freely, nor can I give them for free.

Would you like to engage in another trade?

[nonbelligerent]

[how dare you suggest that while i'm still suffering the first one]

If I can pay the price.

[cyclists]

Hmm...

Be more specific on what you wish to know, and I will see if I can haggle a bit. [there's a smile in their voice] I'd never gotten the chance before.

[nonbelligerent]

Some sort of direction as to how to deal with the darkness in the long run, rather than only purify its targets or by wandering corrupted worlds.

Or if dealing with the darkness is even what we're here for at all.