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|| ||Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â âOh my dear... Youâre shaking.â
   That whining. That pleading. Positively decadent... Such immodest, rapturous music...!
   âAre you really so averse to the sight of your own blood? They only bring warriors here, you know... I know youâre not unfamiliar with the sight...â
    This one was evidently much too weak for this. If he completely shattered at the first hurdle, itâd spell disaster for his little scheme...
    Pausing, Kuja lifted the dagger to his lips in a thoughtless gesture. Tap. Tap. A sticky red smear clung to his lower lip. Kefka wouldnât mind him borrowing it. It was practically shared between them now.
   Finally perching himself on the rack beside his trembling prisoner, the soft glow of curative magic lit the tip of his finger, as he trailed it up that narrow, bloodied line. The shallow cut was knit back together. âApologies. I was a little too much, wasnât I?â
   Consternation was colouring the reaperâs expression, a worried crease forming in his delicate brow, and a revelatory tremor began in the fingers around the dagger, before he set it down. â...In all honesty Iâve rather little desire to hurt you,â the admission sounded reluctant, and, for once, terribly unsure of himself. â...But I can not let him figure that out. You see... I need you and your dear friends to cooperate somehow. Heâll kill you all if he grows too impatient. And if that happens...â
    âWeâre all doomed.â