dormancy | Candle Call ☎

[not many people! glancing at that]

Mmm, good evening, dear.

Not calling at a busy time, I hope?

[this room is empty and also bare . . . but mostly empty, shifting to sit up more but still quite draped]

As if I would ever be too busy for you . . .

You never know, with the company you're keeping. [a beat as she observes the image in the candle] Is that where you're staying now? It doesn't look like you've had time for interior decorating, at least...

I have the luxury of time with them, but not with you . . . My, it sounds like you don't expect me to be devoted nor fair to you.

It is, for now, at least. I am not planning on settling in, though, only passing through.

I only expect the competition for your attention to be fierce♥

You did say you weren't planning to stay... Where are you off to, then?

Hahaha, where would you get an idea like that~?

To China with time . . .

It was just a hunch...

With time?

If Nunnally is with Lelouch, then Gilbert isn't. If Gilbert's with Lelouch, then Nunnally isn't . . . There isn't very much competition at all.

I'd be leaving without knowing when I could ever come back.

Mm, but your attention is quite occupied either way, right?

And will that change with time...?

Haha, in a manner of speaking.

It could, but how long could that take? Mmm, it may wait until Aather's all saved.

Mm, that's what I thought.

I doubt I would be able to do something like that until it was settled . . . Obsidian's already cross, and Nunnally would have me by the ear before long.

Cross, is he?

I disappeared without a word into the night. I don't think he's going to let me forget that for a very long time.

[laughs lightly] You had it coming if you didn't even say goodbye, you know.

You wouldn't have seen me for a week, because I'd be trapped in my room with no chance of escape. I didn't have any way other than a letter to take my leave . . .

Oh, I think I like his style...!

Please, keep him company and make Iolite suffer appropriately in my absence . . .

Ahahaha, well, I couldn't say no to a request like that~!

You would say no to any of my requests . . . ?

It might depend on how interesting it is and how nicely you asked.

Might, hmm . . . I'll be sure to remember that, then.

Were you planning on calling for a favor...?

I could think of a few, though I wouldn't want to ask too much of you.

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