[Well he was going to offer to have sleepovers for a bit, but that might be too awkward now. So instead, he pulls down one of his sleeves, and a bunny thing pops out.]
You're right. No one can know what it is, only the person's heart. It won't even appear, unless the person legitimately fears that it'll be stolen.
She needed to believe me for that to work.
[she idly starts scratching mokona's head.]
I want to know where to start my search. And if you don't know... Then a direction I can look. Even back home, getting into someone's heart wasn't always that easy.
I don't have that answer. But I have my suspicions, and I think that book that was found may hold the answer instead. It may be a good place to start your search.
And since that's not a definitive answer, just a guess, I won't charge you for it.
... Sure. I can do that. I need something for that, though. And a promise that if I do check, you'll let me have Hecate. Hearts are dangerous, even if you're willing.
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oh hell.
she should push it anyway. she flips her hair over one of her shoulders.]
Okay, so what kinda companionship are we talking about, huh?
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This is Mokona. He likes cuddles and food.
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Cuddles and food... But he's so cute!
What's the catch?
[a pause, and then she corrects herself in a dramatic way]
Soooorry, I mean, what's the price for his companionship, since I'm clearly not cute enough to get out of it?
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There's two. First, he can't stay with you on Thursday nights. That's because of the game rules.
[She has to be without assistance from a witch, to prevent an airtight alibi.]
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[that gets the softest of pauses.]
And the other?
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[He seems hesitant to make the next request, but eventually he does say it.]
You're a 'thief of hearts' correct?
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Yeah, I am.
I kind of made a whole show of it today. You might have seen it?
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Can you do it literally, though? Or was it a long metaphor for changing someone's heart so they're less terrible?
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I don't want my threat to be an empty one. I want to steal her heart's treasure.
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But I suspect you're about to ask for something else.
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She needed to believe me for that to work.
[she idly starts scratching mokona's head.]
I want to know where to start my search. And if you don't know... Then a direction I can look. Even back home, getting into someone's heart wasn't always that easy.
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I don't have that answer. But I have my suspicions, and I think that book that was found may hold the answer instead. It may be a good place to start your search.
And since that's not a definitive answer, just a guess, I won't charge you for it.
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... But then, what did you want to ask me about?
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all over again.]
... Sure. I can do that. I need something for that, though. And a promise that if I do check, you'll let me have Hecate. Hearts are dangerous, even if you're willing.
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[...that came out weird but MOVING ALONG]
What do you need from me?
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why are you so bad at phrasing?]
I-I need the way in. I used an app back home that navigated me there. But I think you can bypass that, right? You're the witch of dimensions.
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I think I can do that, but we'll need to do it another night. I'm rather drained at the moment.
You can take Mokona, though. The payment can be made later, when I have the energy to open up my heart like that.
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Before I go...
One more... really dumb, really impertinent question.
[she pauses.]
... Akira and Ryuji are going to be like Vinea and Freida, aren't they...?
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Ryuji's a capable phantom thief, but stupid me didn't volunteer to save him.
And Akira's barely fought a shadow.
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Now I'm gonna be like a cockroach instead.
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