esoteric_rose | Record: 48

However, I'll overlook this unwarranted mistrust for now. [She knows he's teasing, and holds out the box. Wrapped in plain white paper, under it is a simple black box, and the present inside the box.]

Happy birthday, Black.

Still, [He begins as he takes the box without hesitation] there is no one else I trust more than you.

[Besides himself.... He starts to unwrap it, picking it apart before looking inside] A rabbit?

And the same is said for me to you.

...Yes, a rabbit (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r2BjbLmrYdw/SkcZFtzNHvI/AAAAAAAAAeM/ChvuhlkisJ0/s1600-h/01_b.jpg). I thought...you might like it. [Well, now he saw it. She still wasn't sure if he liked it, but it was revealed.]

[His hand moves between the ears and he pulls it out. Rabbits were always a huge ping for him. He's quite curious of the gift until he sees the eye patch and then the entire thing as a whole.

Like he should know it from somewhere.] .....

I really like it.

I'm glad you do!

[She had noticed his liking of rabbits, and that had contributed. But something about that specific rabbit had called to her. Otherwise she wouldn't have given it to him.]

...It reminded me of you.

I really do.

[He pulls it closer and looks down at it, looking for any sign of a tag where it can be made from.]

... It feels like it should belong in my hands.

Then it's good it returned to them.

[If only she could have read the box it came in...she could help.]

Any reason why?

[He curls his fingers on the sides and gives it a squeeze. Soft material. High quality. It must've cost a bit]

It just does in some way. Like I'm suppose to know what this is.

[And it's strange because the demon is slightly smiling]

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[Almost cute, Black and the bunny. Now all he needed to do was hug it]

I see.

[That was the second time a birthday gift had pinged someone...was she a magnet for it or something?]

Is it a good feeling?

[He kind of wants to, but he's not going to. At least not out in public. ]

It's a really good feeling, Juliet. Something good for once. A reminder. Something.

[Do as you like, it's yours.]

Something good for once. I'm glad.

[A good reminder. More than she could have asked for to give him.]

[Perhaps on the couch while reading a book. Who knows]

Yes. I bet he'd know what it means if he was still here.

[He's grateful, for once]

[Or while he pretends to sleep?]

When he comes back, you can ask him.

[The Tree's in a rare benevolent mood. Best not to question it.]

[Yes, most likely that, when he closes his eyes]

When he comes back. Tell me, won't you? Are we selfish in wanting him to?

[Black certainly is, though he shouldn't question it.]

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[Selfish? She never really thought about it...]

...Is it selfish for those who found family members to want to see them again? He's important to us, and we want to see him. No more selfish than if someone wanted their blood sister or their best friend.

[The Tree could bring him back, it was a question of would it.]

[Strange. He had never thought of Burn as a family member, but he would've invited him into the house if Burn would've accepted such a thing.]

He is important to me. [He paused] To us. Hm, I suppose.

[It was the best analogy she could think of.]

Very important to you. It's not selfish to want him here. For all we know, Edensphere is safer than where we came from.

Yes, perhaps it is. After all, why would a child need a demon for a butler and protection?

[And then there was that other matter] Even at the cost of his soul.

[She almost asks what he would need protection from, but stops, already realizing the answer.]

He chose it as his path. What I wonder is what gave him that strength to choose losing his soul. And which one of you gets the better half of the bargain.

I wonder that as well, Juliet. Namely that, and what protecter would bargain such a price.

One who needed that price to survive. What you require in that regard does not change the fact that you did protect him.

[He frowns and idly hugs the rabbit to his chest with one arm]

Hmph. Yes, that is the case, even if I don't.... [Don't like it? Then why was there this excited feeling when he thought of it?] like it.

[He's hugging it. Mental snapshot now.]

If you were freed from the need to take souls, would you be happy?

[A long pause as he considers that]

I don't know, Juliet. Would a soul fill this aching hunger?

...Yes. It would.

[She won't lie and say something else will help.]

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