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]

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.