There's one Grail per universe, right? The human I was based from might be alive in your world, and she might not be sick, either. ...but, if that Grail were to try and create me, I don't think you'd be happy with the end result.
[...Hakuno. Hakuno, that's probably not... what he meant...]
...I let you in, because I want to believe that eventually, you'll be able to inspire that feeling in me too, without the sick, clawing anger I sometimes need to choke back when I think of you. Because there was a time when you did make me happy, very simply and without second thought.
[A brief window, after their moment with the flowers and the bloom of memories the dreamscape had unleashed upon them.]
Because you, of all people, apologized. That much will get the window open.
[Gilgamesh was born prickly, but in spite of this the gods created him tactile and sensitive. To deny him touch is to deny him the only real connection he could possibly hope to have with someone, or at least he has always thought so—that is also why he climbs through the window, because even he recognizes that it will otherwise be lost to him forever.
To that end, it is the little things that matter. When her fingers rest upon his ears it soothes a thousand aches words simply cannot reach, and she will feel him sag with relief.]
May he guide us all.
[Regardless of their spats, their arguments, their differences and their denials, Enkidu would serve as an anchor for them, just as he had all those years ago.]
[Hakuno, as ever, knows where to hit exactly to do the most damage. AS the eternal underdog, those instincts, desperate and quietly brutal, are how she has survived, time and time again. ...well, that and sheer dumb luck.
She cut him, as deep and as roughly as she could, with a simple, inelegant stonewall. But even then, she isn't a cruel person by nature, so the gentleness seeps through the cracks here and there.]
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[...Hakuno. Hakuno, that's probably not... what he meant...]
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[There. There it is.]
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[A brief window, after their moment with the flowers and the bloom of memories the dreamscape had unleashed upon them.]
Because you, of all people, apologized. That much will get the window open.
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[He states as much, but...]
There is no happiness I inspire outside my obligations. There is no happiness I expect outside the culmination of my plans.
[...it's a little hard to believe with everything that has happened.]
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[She reaches up and gently rubs his ears.]
Your brother is here, after all.
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To that end, it is the little things that matter. When her fingers rest upon his ears it soothes a thousand aches words simply cannot reach, and she will feel him sag with relief.]
May he guide us all.
[Regardless of their spats, their arguments, their differences and their denials, Enkidu would serve as an anchor for them, just as he had all those years ago.]
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[Hakuno, as ever, knows where to hit exactly to do the most damage. AS the eternal underdog, those instincts, desperate and quietly brutal, are how she has survived, time and time again. ...well, that and sheer dumb luck.
She cut him, as deep and as roughly as she could, with a simple, inelegant stonewall. But even then, she isn't a cruel person by nature, so the gentleness seeps through the cracks here and there.]
...so, after Humbaba?
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Ishtar.
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[deep breath]
...you shall have to wait and see for next time.
[Oh, what a bastard.]
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[But...]
Maybe I'll ask for her side of the story too, for comparison's sake.
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[Translation: someone's a little sore that she's here along with everyone else.]
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[Hakuno, no, please, tell him it was just a bath...]
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[Whatever could he be implying....]
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Did you... fornicate?!
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[She pats his side perfunctorily.]
Weren't you packing up for the evening?
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Well, if it was in that girl's body, then... perhaps it was actually...
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[She pinches his tail, sharply.]
None of that, you. I don't want to wash out my quilt today.
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...but maybe that was just the reality check he needed. He seems to have snapped back to normal now.]
Very well, Hakuno.
[He trots over, tipping up on his paws so the end of a cold, wet nose rests on her fingers.]
I trust he will look after you in the interim... and provide the comfort I cannot give.
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[She rubs his muzzle gently, and then blinks.]
Oh, right. Before you leave, could you shift back for a moment? I almost forgot...
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Yes?
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[She shifts off of the bed to stand, idly smoothing out her rumpled pajamas.]
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