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“Alright, I know when to back off. If you eventually open up about it, I’ll be here to listen.” You pretend you know what you’re doing. “But I mean it when it comes to becoming friends.”
“You see me as another tool to win this sick game.” Jesse folds his hands in front of his face. “It doesn’t upset me. We’re flame users. Be honest with your intentions.”
“I’m not lying, man.” You don’t hurt people on purpose, just through bad decisions that might look obviously harmful to onlookers.
“Don’t pull this trick on me. Naïve flame users, like the ones you’re pretending to be, are long dead; what’s left are liars or nutcases.” Jesse isn’t buying it. You wonder in what category he falls into.
“To be fair, I told you I think I died once.” You point at your chest again. “As a showing of goodwill, let me tell you the real origin of these scars.”
“…I knew it wasn’t a bear.” Jesse has his gotcha moment.
“I-It could’ve been.” You don’t trust Amelia’s bear not to do bear things. “Moving on, it’s a personal matter.”
“I have no other alternatives but to listen.” Jesse sighs.
“I once tried to wash a cat and almost died thanks to it – Cat kind of slit my throat.” You gesticulate the attack.
“This is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard in my entire life, and you have one minute to retract your statement before I begin to ignore you altogether.” Jesse can’t take this anymore.
“O-Okay, that's an embellishment of the story. Change <span class="mu-i">cat</span> to <span class="mu-i">T_T Neko</span>, and <span class="mu-i">slit my throat</span> to <span class="mu-i">carving my chest open</span>.”
“…What about the washing? What do I change it to? Because as it is, it still doesn’t make a lick of sense.” Jesse glares as he’s not taking you seriously anymore.
“No, that’s actually part of the story.” You clarify as you finger gun. Jesse is not buying it. “I can feel the vibe here and, uh, I think I’m doing a poor job convincing you, so let me go into details.”
You explain <span class="mu-i">“the incident”</span>! From your infiltration with Richard, to the less than amicable discussion they had, to your attempt to give her a bath (later done by Nariko) – to the actual stabbing. And woah, you think it sounds even dumber out loud…
“I hate every single decision you took in that story, and I think less of you. You’re 100% a nutcase.” Jesse frowns.
“C-C’mon, man, I’m not proud of what I did…” Y-You opened up for the sake of friendship, not to be stomped on while down! He’s Richard-ing it! “You have no idea how much I regret it…”
