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[heavenscorpse.livejournal.com]

[A very, very large stack of books sits behind V/V in her hotel room. She faces the camera.]

First, does anyone know how to successfully advertise? There wasn't anything like it on Venus, of course, since that would have been ridiculous. And I really want to do a good job for Gilgamesh, or he'll probably get mad... [As an aside:] Do you think he'd throw me out the window too? That would hurt more this time.

Um, second. Since there are a lot of books that weren't good enough to be in our store, or I guess that's the reason he gave them to me, if anyone wants to check some of them out I'd be happy to let anyone have them. Please stop by. It's nice to see people, too!

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[skaldssong.livejournal.com]

Dunno who exactly. It was all part of a bigger, overarching project. Just an offshoot or subdivision.

[heavenscorpse.livejournal.com]

That's a shame. Family love is a wonderful thing.

[skaldssong.livejournal.com]

Trust me, I know. I've got a twin sister, remember? I guess all the other observers count, too... though the amount of times I've seen the rest of them combined is pretty low, comparatively.

[heavenscorpse.livejournal.com]

I'm happy for that. You're a kind person and you should have people who make you happy.

[skaldssong.livejournal.com]

[Devola's face assumes a bit of a vacant expression at that comment. Not quite like she was recently sucker-punched, but still one that was disoriented. When she spoke again it was in a distracted mumble.]

Kind... yeah. I dunno.

[heavenscorpse.livejournal.com]

Did I say something wrong? You've been kind to me.

[skaldssong.livejournal.com]

I... no, sorry. It's just.

You know how the Shadows that looked like us were giving us an ear-full of "things we didn't want to hear"? Can I just say mine worked towards playing with an existential crisis and leave it at that?

[heavenscorpse.livejournal.com]

I won't pry.

[skaldssong.livejournal.com]

...No, I shouldn't be backpedaling so hard. It's just.

[She flops backwards, staring up at the ceiling with an annoyed expression.]

I shouldn't have emotions. Shouldn't be nice, or mean, or anything. I should just be, no matter how much I'd prefer the opposite. And I thought that's what I was.

[She sighs, annoyed.]

Y'wanna know how different it felt, coming here and realizing I'd traded in my old body for one that was totally human?

[heavenscorpse.livejournal.com]

Very, very different?

...Who says you 'should' anything?

[skaldssong.livejournal.com]

No one does. Just, y'know, it's how I was literally made to be.

[A shake of the head in the negative.]

All I lost were powers. Abilities. And I suddenly had to eat and sleep, but... well. I barely noticed it. Even my thoughts with all those new chemicals added into the mix weren't too different.

I think that's what scares me the most. I dunno.

[heavenscorpse.livejournal.com]

Well, you are kind of old. You could have been changing for a long, long time.

[skaldssong.livejournal.com]

Subtly over the whole time period? I guess so... [Yep, she'll admit she's old.]

I just don't think we were made to do that. Does that mean we're defective? Or something else.

[heavenscorpse.livejournal.com]

I think it means you surpassed expectations.

[skaldssong.livejournal.com]

Wish I knew if that was a good thing or a bad thing. Good for the two of us, I guess...

Sheesh, listen to me. "I'm probably better off than I should be, boo-hoo." Ugh.

[heavenscorpse.livejournal.com]

It's comforting to know you're following a plan, isn't it? Some human beings believe that there's a god with a plan for the whole world. I like thinking that you're doing exactly what you want to be doing and aren't predestined to anything.