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❛ Tis would be the case, my dear child! ❜

Ah, finally! Someone around here who knows what a wizard is. However, the manner in which the other speaks is still strange to you. Perhaps it’s … a different worlds wizards. It’s not skin off your back though. 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐀 𝐖𝐈𝐙𝐀𝐑𝐃, So it is not a lie!

❛ Now, let’s not waste any time~ Give me your hand and tell me your name… From there I can see if I see anything~ ❜

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”One. I’m not a child.” 

You add with a finger raised. 

“Second….” 

You raise the same hand and place it upon the other’s hand. Warning there’s a layer of grime and dust on your knuckle from when you helped a child earlier grab a toy from what did they call it? A sewer grate? 

Instead, you take his hand into yours (silently ignoring just how filthy the hand is) and hum softly. He seems to care deeply about his last name, something you aren't familiar with much. Last names are a concept that you still never quite caught on with. 𝐇𝐔𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐒𝐔𝐂𝐇 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒.

❛ Oh my, you have quite the rich history in your bones for such a tender young age ❜ Oops, your bad habit of still treating everyone around you as younger then you is showing once again. You clear your thread and laugh ❛ It's rather charming, however, 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃 𝐋𝐀𝐘 𝐎𝐅𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐋𝐂𝐎𝐇𝐎𝐋.  ❜ What is it with young people drinking so heavily? You never got the appeal (however, that is because you are prone to passing out after just a few drinks)

❛ Hey! 𝐘𝐎𝐔! Would you like me to tell you about your future~? I am doing free fortune tellings ❜ Mostly because you are 𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐁𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐃.

"...AREN'T THOSE KIND OF THINGS USUALLY SCAMS?" Most things that claim to be free are, right? Fortune-telling also just sounds like a farce. Mess can't think of any Sinners who could even do that-- but it's not like she paid much attention to the ones that didn't concern her or her business, so for all she knows, it could be possible. Most of these people here come from different places with different abilities anyway.

Besides, she too is dreadfully bored. At the very least this could kill some time, even for a skeptic like herself.

"Alright, sure. Let's try it~"

❛ Ah, Tis is a frustrating truth, my dear.  ❜

𝐇𝐔𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐒 𝐖𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐔𝐂𝐇 𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐒. Though, you have never once scammed a human! There are many wizards who will scam humans with very easy tricks- Humans lack the understanding of how magic works and are easily convinced of nonsensical things... Ah, you do wish there were easier ways to teach people. 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐀 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌. However, it seems that even if she were skeptical, she was willing to give it a try! How very pleasing~ You would have been even more bored had she decided against it.

❛ Hey! 𝐘𝐎𝐔! Would you like me to tell you about your future~? I am doing free fortune tellings ❜ Mostly because you are 𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐁𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐃.

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Your foot steps stop at hearing this, well more of a screeching halt as you stop on your heels and walk backwards. 

❛ Tis would be the case, my dear child! ❜

Ah, finally! Someone around here who knows what a wizard is. However, the manner in which the other speaks is still strange to you. Perhaps it's ... a different worlds wizards. It's not skin off your back though. 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐀 𝐖𝐈𝐙𝐀𝐑𝐃, So it is not a lie!

❛ Hmm... 𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐋, 𝐍𝐎. ❜ 

𝐇𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑, 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐃𝐎 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐒𝐔𝐂𝐇 𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐘! Rather, you could have figured that on your own, but you first have to actually be touching a person, but if he wants to tell you his own future, who are you to decline such a thing? Some children are just so silly! And even telling you such a thing despite you also look like a child!

𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃 𝐈𝐒 𝐀 𝐂𝐔𝐓𝐄 𝐎𝐍𝐄.

that voice is as grating as ever .  dissatisfaction does not silence the annoyance slipping beneath expressed friendliness;   there's too much attention  ,  however momentary  ,  on them for him to dislodge elder from his person .   (  he has some nerve,  )  mind shouts  :  palm smacking forehead in the hope snow will get off on his own .

❝ ahaha...  afraid not.  had I known naughty kids would pester me,  I'd have bought some. ❞   insolence cools smile  ,  clearly not giving a damn about entertaining whatever scheme the man prepared for their reunion .   it is far easier to give the appearance of strangers .   easier to lash out with skepticism ( a healthy dose of suspicion even ) as opposed to some cheap  ,  half-hearted affectivity akira would prefer them to have .   a note of absence  ,  however  ,  does give pause .   one .   only one .   not two .   such a sight   /   temper clears  ,  expression softer  ,  bordering on something resembling sympathy  /  even his body loses the tension it once possessed as he gives snow an obvious lookover .

  ❛ 𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐌𝐄𝐀𝐍. I have been a very good child, I will have you know! ❜ 

Though your words come to a halt quickly as your former pupil gives you a once over and asks a question that, while simple, is rather staggering. 𝐈𝐓 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐒 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐓𝐎 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐄. You take a sudden breath before pushing that painful loneliness back below the surface. 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐎𝐎 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐅𝐔𝐋 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓. You can't show such emotion in front of anyone, not easily at least. It is obvious you are alone. Ultimately, you and White are separate people and you can not truly go everywhere together... It seems this place decided that for you though. You were to be alone and white was to stay back at the wizard manor.

𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐄 𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐒 𝐀𝐋𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓.

“ am i not good enough? ”  

“ you’ve been so quiet. what’s on your mind? ”  

“ why did you help me? ”  

“ who do you fight for? ”  

“ why do you hate me? ”  

“ have you come to laugh at me in my miserable state? ”  

“ you’re not dating anyone, are you? ”  

“ i’ve got your back, okay? ”  

“ where do you think you’re going? ”  

“ how long have i been asleep? ”  

“ are you going to kill me? ”  

“ why can’t i come with you? ”  

“ we all have secrets, don’t we? ”  

“ did you want to be alone? ”  

“ why should i trust you? ”  

“ wait. did you hear that? ”  

“ promise me? ”  

“ why are you talking like we’ll never see each other again? ”  

“ do you remember anything at all? ”  

“ what? no witty remark? nothing clever to say? ”  

“ you wanna know what your problem is? ”  

“ may i have this dance? ”  

“ can i ask… what happened? ”  

“ how many people have you killed? how many? ”  

“ do you ever hear yourself? ”  

“ would you run away with me? ”  

“ could you be happy here with me? ”  

“ you can’t or you won’t? ”  

“ you slept with them, didn’t you? ”  

“ well, how do i look? ”  

“ after all you’ve done how can i possibly trust you? ”  

“ why can’t you let me in? what are you so afraid of? ”  

“ what did they do to you? ”  

“ so why’s it so important anyway? ”  

“ where have you been? ”  

“ why are you looking at me like that? ”  

“ why did you come? ”  

“ what are you doing out here by yourself? ”  

“ is… that my shirt you’re wearing? ”  

“ you… don’t like me very much, do you? ”  

“ why does it always have to be a fight with you? ”

“ why can’t you look me in the eye? ”  

“ can you forgive me? ”  

“ what if i never see you again? ”  

“ you were going to leave without saying goodbye? ”  

“ how about a little midnight snack? ”  

“ are you… smelling me? ”  

“ how did you get this scar? ”  

“ what do you want in exchange for it? ”