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...Do you feel like you're a person?

... That'd be a little selfish...

So?

So I don't. Doing something like that...

[ . . . ]

Well - being a "person" and being a "human" are different too, aren't they...?

Well, yeah. You can be a person without being a human.

Mm, but . . .

... Calling myself something like that - I still don't really think that's right...

But it did kinda sound like you were bothered by the comparison.

[ shakes her head, a little ]

Mn, if - if I could remind him of someone that he wanted to see again, then that makes me happy, but I don't really...

... I wanted to know more about her...

[shrug]

Maybe you do have other things in common. I wouldn't know.

That's okay - thank you...

[ stroking his hair a bit ]

... Is that why Illya looks the way that she does?

I think so.

[ a pause, thoughtful as she mulls that over - that all makes sense, but ]

... Are you okay?

More or less. It's weird having her here, but...

[shrug]

Not like there's anything I can do about that.

Are you worried?

I wouldn't say worried. Nervous, maybe.

Why?

Because... I dunno. It's just weird that she's here.

Like, she's said she knows I'm not her brother and she doesn't expect me to be him, but...

[ shifts her weight against the edge of the bed to sit herself up, quiet ]

... Do you want to put your head down?

...Okay.

[head -> lap]

[ world hard and cold thigh soft and warm

per usual she just gets right to stroking his hair again, working her fingers in ]

You don't have to worry, okay...? I think -

... Mm, because of what happened to her, it's really hard for her too, isn't it...? But because she loves him so much, even if that body is just like his, I think - she definitely won't mix you up. But ...

... Even if you know that, right now isn't a very good time, is it...?

[he'd been pretty tense until now, but finally starts to relax a bit, closing his eyes]

I dunno if there would ever be a good time.

Mm. But it's not something you have to endure by yourself either, right...? There's her unit, and -

Luci, and I... We'll help you as much as we can too, won't we?

Mm.

Thanks, Dia. You're already helping.

[ as she exhales, he can feel her shift a bit beneath him it's so heavy, relieved ]

If I see her before you, the next time she comes to visit... do you want me to tell you, so you can prepare first?

...Yeah, that'd be good. I think I'll be fine anyway, but an extra warning can't hurt.