EMPATHEIAS IC CONTACT/APPOINTMENTS POST

[ledbythewind]

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[stripartist]

[But he feels it all the same and suddenly the connection is flooded with regret]

Oh, Richard--no, no what Akechi did and tried to do is completely different from what you did! For one thing, you regret it! He doesn't.

[He thinks.]

You were in part possessed and Akechi has been entirely himself during all of this. His normal state of being is an angry, revenge-seeking murderer. Yours isn't.

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[ledbythewind]

I don't completely regret killing my uncle.

[And he should regret that, shouldn't he? After all, even as awful as Cedric was, he was still family. He killed family in cold blood and was happy about it.]

I cannot blame that on Lambda. The desire for vengeance was as much mine as it was his, if not more.

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[stripartist]

He was also a murderer and an usurper. If you didn't do it, someone else was likely to.

[Just saying.]

Still. Are you telling me if you hadn't been possessed you would have done all of that?

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[ledbythewind]

I...

[And here he has to pause.]

... I don't know.

[Which is probably the worst part. How much of those feelings had really and truly been his own?]

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[stripartist]

I don't think you would have. You're too kind, Richard. Even if you don't see it, you are much too kind to do that sort of thing without an outside force.

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[ledbythewind]

... thank you.

[He isn't entirely sure he believes it, but if Yusuke feels that strongly, who is he to argue?]

I only hope you're right.

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[stripartist]

[There's a pause.]

I won't say that I'm never wrong about this sort of thing, but it takes a lot for me to stop loving someone, Richard. Even if you're not as kind as I believe you are, I still love you.

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[ledbythewind]

I don't know what I did to deserve you.

[That much, at least, is the truth.]

You love me even when I can't love myself. Now that is true kindness.

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[stripartist]

[He huffs a small laugh.]

Or selfishness.

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[ledbythewind]

Then I give you my permission to be as selfish as you'd like.

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[stripartist]

Is that permission to come over to your house and stay the night?

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[ledbythewind]

But of course.