[ after execution, kate can be found in the relaxation room. she isn't a sooty mess this time, at least! she'll turn her head to glance in childe's direction when he's nearby... but she doesn't say anything just yet. ]
No treats today... he may be fussy and overbearing, especially on affection week, but he is at least self-aware enough to try and not be too obnoxious about it. Instead, he will just come find her and sit next to her after she's had some time to recover from watching execution.]
If you had the choice... which side would you rather be on?
[Working with the living, or observing with the dead--both have their pros and cons, in his opinion. If their hosts hadn't been so certain the dead will return safely at the end of all this, asking her this question wouldn't even cross his mind, but since they met the graveyard hosts and everything, he can't help but wonder which would be easier on her. Insofar as anything about this could be considered "easy," anyway.]
It used to be an easy question. I used to be so scared of dying... and maybe I still am, even knowing that it isn't always so terrible. I don't want to just take the hosts' words at face value, either...
[ everyone will feel very stupid if they go die and find out that oops the hosts were wrong about some things. ]
Given the choice, I would choose to stay here. But... I don't want to make the same mistakes that I did before.
[It would be so funny if people die and then it turns out the hosts are all evil liars
Childe listens quietly as she works through her thoughts, fingers laced loosely together.]
It's alright to be scared of something like that. [Gently. He figures she knows that, but--surely it can't hurt to remind her out loud.] If you want to live, that's a good thing. It means you have the strength to keep fighting, even when it feels like you can't anymore. [...] And I don't think anyone will hold any mistakes you make against you, under circumstances like these.
[ kate's certainly noticed that childe is softer on her than he is toward basically anyone else, by a long shot. but this discussion feels a little different... less sugar-coated than some of their other interactions.
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Week 0, Sunday
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No treats today... he may be fussy and overbearing, especially on affection week, but he is at least self-aware enough to try and not be too obnoxious about it. Instead, he will just come find her and sit next to her after she's had some time to recover from watching execution.]
How are you feeling?
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... A little tired. It's hard to watch all of that... again.
[ WEEK 0 BOOTHILL AGAIN....... i perish ]
I'll be all right, though.
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He nods, though.]
...We weren't forced to stay, in my last "game." [It still feels weird to call it that] But I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
[Considering they're here because a group of assholes dragged them into Round 2, it only makes sense for them to be sadistic as well.]
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... I suppose there are more important things to worry about, for now.
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[Working with the living, or observing with the dead--both have their pros and cons, in his opinion. If their hosts hadn't been so certain the dead will return safely at the end of all this, asking her this question wouldn't even cross his mind, but since they met the graveyard hosts and everything, he can't help but wonder which would be easier on her. Insofar as anything about this could be considered "easy," anyway.]
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[ this is... not what she expected at all. ]
It used to be an easy question. I used to be so scared of dying... and maybe I still am, even knowing that it isn't always so terrible. I don't want to just take the hosts' words at face value, either...
[ everyone will feel very stupid if they go die and find out that oops the hosts were wrong about some things. ]
Given the choice, I would choose to stay here. But... I don't want to make the same mistakes that I did before.
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Childe listens quietly as she works through her thoughts, fingers laced loosely together.]
It's alright to be scared of something like that. [Gently. He figures she knows that, but--surely it can't hurt to remind her out loud.] If you want to live, that's a good thing. It means you have the strength to keep fighting, even when it feels like you can't anymore. [...] And I don't think anyone will hold any mistakes you make against you, under circumstances like these.
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maybe she can believe that he's being sincere. ]
I wonder...
... Thank you, though.
[ she doesn't really say what for. ]
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Of course.