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[esoteric_rose]

*written slowly, but precisely*

I am alive again.

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[burnt_orangesky]

[Fred hesitates a moment before she asks her next question.]

You may feel this is a personal question, but... do you know what you are?

[esoteric_rose.livejournal.com]

[He nods, trying to frame it in the best way.]

I am...a shinigami.

[He is silent, then very softly adds:]

...Translated, that means "death god".

[burnt_orangesky]

Shini... gami. [Fred rolls the word around in her mouth as if she were tasting it.] That is an Earth language, correct?

[She pauses for a moment, digesting his words and trying to think of the best way to reply to them.]

I assume the name is somehow reflective of what your kind does?

[esoteric_rose.livejournal.com]

I was told it is part of a language known as Japanese.

[He answers calmly, trying to keep composure.]

It is more like a job...we are sent to judge humans and decide whether they continue to live or pass on.

[burnt_orangesky]

[Fred almost wants to ask more about Juliet's... kind? Species? But the man seems a bit uncomfortable talking about the subject, so she doesn't press him.]

Hmmm. That sounds... rather a difficult job to do. I do not think I could make similar decisions, myself.

[esoteric_rose.livejournal.com]

...There is a way that we can decide. It's not simply looking at someone and saying "This person should live", we have to do...review.