Alright. Let's see... [ how to explain nobodies in a clinical, non-personal, less complicated fashion ] We've got a darkness similar to this one where I'm from. When someone is lost to it, they lose their heart. A Nobody is what's left behind after that.
[ this is skipping a few details, but. even this much is so. bad. to explain ]
Sort of? [ it's reflexive to want to say they're not people, but-- it's not quite right, either. ] I mean, that's the gist of it. We... They're beings that exist outside the boundaries of light or darkness. Most of them don't even retain their original forms. All they have are memories.
[ wow! it turn out! he is extremely affected even when trying to talk about it clinically! who could have foreseen this. he rubs the back of his neck ]
lune will seem to consider this for a moment, though it's hard to say whether they're considering the words or axel's expression more. regardless they'll pause, lifting their hand from their tea cup and reaching out, two fingers extended to tap gently underneath axel's chin, as if suggesting that he keep his head up
or maybe lune just wants to reclaim his attention]
Thank you for attempting to explain, even to an old man such as myself.
[ he looks up at the tap, looking a little flustered-- at being caught reminiscing, or at the touch? both is good. he tries to hide it with a laugh ]
Explaining it to kids isn't any easier, y'know. [ from experience. ] Fact is, a lot of what I thought was true about Nobodies turned out to be made up. Guess that still messes me up sometimes.
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[and then, pointedly:]
I rather enjoy long stories.
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Alright. Let's see... [ how to explain nobodies in a clinical, non-personal, less complicated fashion ] We've got a darkness similar to this one where I'm from. When someone is lost to it, they lose their heart. A Nobody is what's left behind after that.
[ this is skipping a few details, but. even this much is so. bad. to explain ]
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[thoughtfully repeated, then facing axelea more properly]
And what does a Nobody consist of? A person without a heart?
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Sort of? [ it's reflexive to want to say they're not people, but-- it's not quite right, either. ] I mean, that's the gist of it. We... They're beings that exist outside the boundaries of light or darkness. Most of them don't even retain their original forms. All they have are memories.
[ wow! it turn out! he is extremely affected even when trying to talk about it clinically! who could have foreseen this. he rubs the back of his neck ]
It's hard to explain.
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lune will seem to consider this for a moment, though it's hard to say whether they're considering the words or axel's expression more. regardless they'll pause, lifting their hand from their tea cup and reaching out, two fingers extended to tap gently underneath axel's chin, as if suggesting that he keep his head up
or maybe lune just wants to reclaim his attention]
Thank you for attempting to explain, even to an old man such as myself.
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Explaining it to kids isn't any easier, y'know. [ from experience. ] Fact is, a lot of what I thought was true about Nobodies turned out to be made up. Guess that still messes me up sometimes.
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but they'll just hum softly at that, curious.]
Someone else told you what you were, and gave you misinformation?
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When you put it like that, it sounds pretty dumb. [ he sighs ] Yeah, I guess that is how it was.
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No, I do not find it ‘dumb’.
[even if they seem to struggle with the word, as if it’s unfamiliar to their tongue]
Merely that it is unpleasant to endure such a thing, and I am glad that you were able to break free of those misconceptions.
I am glad that you are who you are.
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Well, I wouldn't really call it breaking free, but...
[ it was more like dying? and then getting better? but he smiles up at lune ]
Yeah, I'm glad I'm me, too.
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Whatever you call it...
I suppose those circumstances are what have led to the you of this moment.
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[ he shrugs ]
Life's complicated.
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But it is quite majestic and beautiful to behold all at the same time.
[there’s another sip of tea then, because lune is very fond of humanity and all that goes on with it]
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The past?
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[gently corrects but also
lune hums a note]
I am rather fond of the past as well, and all that it holds.
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I think people normally live life, not... behold it. [ but he sounds more bemused than anything ]
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but lune will just hum softly at that]
I suppose... I am merely a bit of a late bloomer.
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Well... everybody starts somewhere. It's never too late to get a new direction in life.
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Hmm. Phrased that way, perhaps it is not as unfamiliar as I first thought.
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[ axel?? rude??? don't lean into this ]
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So you did. I am an old man with a great amount of experience, after all.
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[ no one gets your inside jokes, axel. ]
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[just
repeated thoughtfully]
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