25th step: Fortune's favor [voice]

[favorthebold]

There are things a man does not question, and regret is a wretched waste... but if this is to be the end of it, then I wish for you to know, Carmen Sandiego, and moreover I wish this whole vast city to know that there is no woman like you in the world. Not this world, and not the world I know, and I would wager, not the world you go back to, either. I have never, and will, I think, never meet your like. And I will be the poorer for it, more than I can say.

I don't know that I can - love, as men love. But I am a man, not a monster.

I may say more for your ears alone - but this, I wish known. I wish it known as widely as it may be.

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[favorthebold.livejournal.com]

How can what is good for me be good for you?

[bunny_flower]

Does it sound so extraordinary that I could be happy for you ?

[favorthebold.livejournal.com]

You...

I will not ask what you are, since I know it already. But you, doma... you hate nothing, you judge no one, you see all men alike and stand aside while they do as they will. How do you live? How are you more than a stray wind, empty air?

[bunny_flower]

It is not in my nature to hate, or in my duty to judge. However, I am hardly an idle bystander, Saul-san.

I am sure you are aware that I have a very low tolerance for wilful stupidity.

[favorthebold.livejournal.com]

And is that all that you define yourself by - you, who have no equal in the city?

[bunny_flower]

I am a shinigami, Saul-san, an embodiment of death. I do not need to define myself. I have my duty, and I have who I am. That is enough for me.

[favorthebold.livejournal.com]

That is monstrous.

[bunny_flower]

For humans, maybe.

[favorthebold.livejournal.com]

And yet you live among us, and men call you kind.

[bunny_flower]

Men are free to call me what they wish.

[favorthebold.livejournal.com]

And if they are mistaken?

[bunny_flower]

Then I suppose my actions will speak for themselves, Saul-san.