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[unkindled_madness]

[Very convincing.]

You are tending to it properly, then?

[dothelokimotion]

Of course. I do know how to tend chest wounds. This isn't my first.

[unkindled_madness]

You've been stabbed before. I know.

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki pauses, glancing at sephiroth. ]

Yes. Though that one was more . . . touch and go, as they say. I made sure to direct where you'd hit me.

[unkindled_madness]

[Sephiroth eyes him uneasily. He assumed there were other, less notable stabbings that Loki had survived.]

...it's good that you're a god, I suppose.

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki snorts lightly. he's not a god of useful things. he's not one people reach out for prayers or help. ]

I suppose.

[unkindled_madness]

Most people die, when I stab them.

[dothelokimotion]

That's usually how it works.

[unkindled_madness]

I'm glad that it didn't, this time.

[dothelokimotion]

I was being careful.

And it was worth the risk.

[unkindled_madness]

[Worth the risk? For him?

He takes a cautious step closer.]

...and somehow, you think that isn't enough.

[dothelokimotion]

It wasn't enough. It never seems to be. I can never get it right.

[unkindled_madness]

I'm here. I'm fine.

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki grimaces. ]

That had nothing to do with me.

[unkindled_madness]

...

And your feeling badly for that has little to do with me, does it?

[dothelokimotion]

[ well. putting it like that makes loki seem selfish. he crosses his arms feeling defensive and self-conscious. ]

I just wanted to do it right. To have friends.

[unkindled_madness]

[That's... a familiar sentiment.]

You have one, at least.

[dothelokimotion]

Until I make a mess of it.

That's all I do.

[unkindled_madness]

[He's still not sure if it's welcome, considering the stabbing, but he's going to attempt a shoulder touch.]

It isn't.

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki doesn't shrug it off. he meant what he said. he holds no ill feelings there. but his own doubts are stronger. ]

I don't know how you can say that. How anyone can. I've never — I've never done anything right.

[unkindled_madness]

My other self, you said he was very different. He didn't trust you, or anyone.

[dothelokimotion]

. . . Yes. He seemed angry and frustrated. Lost.

[unkindled_madness]

Would you say that I am... better off?

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki frowns, unsure. ]

I . . . suppose so.

[unkindled_madness]

[He's going to turn away a little bit, awkward.]

...you were the one who convinced me that connection was... worthwhile.