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Those are some bold words coming from a man currently having his wounds treated.
[It's okay it quickly changes to an expression of disappointment, which he must surely be more familiar with.]
Something a little closer to the truth, at the very least.
Something a little closer to the truth, at the very least.
And that's what you would consider "fine?" Your standards are in dire straits.
[But he'll finish up administering first aid gently enough.]
[But he'll finish up administering first aid gently enough.]
What do you mean?
[Moving to return the excess supplies.]
[Moving to return the excess supplies.]
-You were immortal?
[Now that actually seems to catch him by surprise.]
[Now that actually seems to catch him by surprise.]
But you aren't here.
[Clearly.]
...For about how long?
[Clearly.]
...For about how long?
Does it matter?
[It's more irritated than anything. He doesn't want to be here anymore, leg bouncing in his seat.]
I lost track a while ago. It's not like the fae. Memory starts getting fuzzy for people after you hit two hundred.
I'm at least in my fifth millenia by now, but I don't know if I could get it exact anymore.
[It's more irritated than anything. He doesn't want to be here anymore, leg bouncing in his seat.]
I lost track a while ago. It's not like the fae. Memory starts getting fuzzy for people after you hit two hundred.
I'm at least in my fifth millenia by now, but I don't know if I could get it exact anymore.
We still age, even if slowly.
[And some slower than others.]
And here I thought I was the most senior in age...
[And some slower than others.]
And here I thought I was the most senior in age...
-Oh? Others sought war against the Fae in your world, as well?
...And how did it go for the fae of your world?
...Immeasurable loss.
What lands that were governed by the Fae King were all taken over by demon kind within one fell swoop. They live within the outskirts of both the Devildom and humanity now, separate and cooperative in places but no longer a nation of their own. More... areas, that they've overtaken for home and safety, that the only let the worthy enter.
What lands that were governed by the Fae King were all taken over by demon kind within one fell swoop. They live within the outskirts of both the Devildom and humanity now, separate and cooperative in places but no longer a nation of their own. More... areas, that they've overtaken for home and safety, that the only let the worthy enter.
...
[There's a quiet click as he puts away the last of the supplies.]
I see.
[Is that the fate of fae in all worlds, he wonders...?]
I trust you can make it back to your dorm in once piece?
[There's a quiet click as he puts away the last of the supplies.]
I see.
[Is that the fate of fae in all worlds, he wonders...?]
I trust you can make it back to your dorm in once piece?
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