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[dothelokimotion]

Perhaps.

[ loki also saw some things but . . . he'll keep that to himself for now. he doesn't want to make things worse.

he just makes things worse. ]

[unkindled_madness]

[He studies Loki uncertainly.]

...it must have been disorienting, to encounter him.

[dothelokimotion]

I suppose. You were very different.

[unkindled_madness]

Mm. I don't typically stab people on such little provocation.

[dothelokimotion]

It's fine. As I said, the stabbing didn't bother me much.

[unkindled_madness]

Something did.

[dothelokimotion]

I beg your pardon?

[unkindled_madness]

Something about the encounter bothers you.

I may not be perceptive enough to know what, but I know that much.

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki purses his lips. ]

I simply don't take kindly to failing, that's all. I thought I could have fixed things. I didn't.

[unkindled_madness]

...you're upset that you couldn't switch us back?

[dothelokimotion]

[ he bristles. ]

Shouldn't I be?

[unkindled_madness]

[Sephiroth tries to think about that.]

I imagine it was frustrating.

But it isn't as though it was a magic you were familiar with.

[dothelokimotion]

Yes. I already said it was a failure. I couldn't do anything.

[unkindled_madness]

...you are not a failure because you failed once.

[dothelokimotion]

[ that's the thing though. it wasn't just once. he failed with loki, he failed with clint and he failed with sephiroth. once isn't damning but three times is. ]

Perhaps I'm a failure for thinking I could go beyond my limits.

[unkindled_madness]

Do you believe you know all the limits of your magic?

[dothelokimotion]

It's not about magic, Sephiroth, it's about letting down a friend!

[unkindled_madness]

[He blinks, taken aback.]

But, you didn't.

[dothelokimotion]

Didn't I? You were gone. I had no idea if you could come back. I had no way of finding you and reaching you. I — [ loki swallows tightly. ]

— I was powerless and useless. As always.

[unkindled_madness]

[Oh. Loki thought he was gone, that he might not be able to get him back.]

...I understand the feeling.

But... I am pleased that you wanted me back.

[The trying matters to him.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ he shrugs. ]

For what good it did.

[unkindled_madness]

...it does me good now.

[dothelokimotion]

I doubt that.

[unkindled_madness]

You think I'm lying?

[dothelokimotion]

No, of course not.