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[severing]

[Dated to the morning of the 31st. He's... making the most out of the day? o/]

Hey Saya, happy birthday!

[Did that catch your attention? Too bad, since this is really just meant for Saya, but Train can't be bothered to filter this part.]

—It is your birthday, right? Anyway, since I'm pretty sure it is, let's go celebrate! I bet you know where all the good places to eat here are, so I'll leave you in charge of that. I can... go fetch milk? You probably wouldn't tell me what you want even if I asked, anyway.

[A pause]

Oh yeah! Since I don't know whether your observational skills are lacking or you've just been avoiding me, I'm giving you until noon to reply! If you don't say anything by then, I'm gonna assume you're hiding and find you. And in case you don't know...

[He smirks.]

I'm pretty good at finding people who don't want to be found. And don't think running will work either.

[Grin~]

So! You've got until noon!

[The feed appears to end—]

[Filtered to Saya; unhackable]

[—and now his expression becomes serious.]

... At least tell me what's going on. This isn't like the other times, is it? You're really real this time, right?

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[Yeah, her answer takes a bit longer on this one. Every fiber of her being is telling her to go with the default answer of 'Nope', but... it's Train for crying out loud.

If she can't be honest with him, who can she be honest with?]

Yeah, he reminded me of you for a while. Still does sometimes.

[sweepered.livejournal.com]

... Man, way to make me feel original.

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

What happened to that list of things you stole from me?

I think I can name a couple things that would show up on it, too.

[sweepered.livejournal.com]

[HANDWAVE]

You don't count!

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

Awww! Was I your inspiration for a new image or something?

Cute, Train. Real cute.

[sweepered.livejournal.com]

Hey! I just thought that your lifestyle suited me better than being Chronos's pet cat. Everything else just... went with it.

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

That's just a wordier way of saying the same thing.

[sweepered.livejournal.com]

Is not.

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

Is too.

[sweepered.livejournal.com]

Is not and that's final.

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

Is too and that's final.

[sweepered.livejournal.com]

I said 'that's final' first!

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

And I said it last. That makes it a lot more final, don't you think?

[sweepered.livejournal.com]

That's not how it works.

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

Well I quite clearly beg to differ.

[sweepered.livejournal.com]

Too bad. You're not winning this one.

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

You sure about that? You seem to be on a losing streak, Train.

[sweepered.livejournal.com]

No, I'm not. You just won't admit defeat.

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

Considering that there's no defeat to admit, that's no surprise.

Because I know you're not accusing me of lying on my birthday. Right, Train?

[sweepered.livejournal.com]

[DRAMATIC SIGH GOES HERE]

Fine, fine, I'll allow you to live in your delusions today. Just because it's your birthday.

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

You're talking to a dead person in an underwater city and I'm the one with delusions?

[sweepered.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't be the first time I've done that—well, minus the underwater city part.

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

And this is where the details would come in handy.

[sweepered.livejournal.com]

Well, I didn't really get it... but the first time, you appeared in this dimension of one of Creed's allies and pulled me out.

[He smiles—but this one's less goofy than his usual ones.]

Because of that, I managed to save my friend. Thanks.

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

... thank me when I remember that happening.