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[engage_the_enemy]

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<shulk>

[engage_the_enemy]

[Shulk's heard of happy futures waiting for some, good news on the lips of friends brought from a time beyond the familiar, but this...

Joseph...does something happen to him back home?

if he knows about it, he can change his fate. maybe coming here with you, itll save him

<clackers>

[constartist]

[ It takes longer then it probably should for him to reply. ]

>hedies
>hegrts crushesd and he dos itbceaus offv me
>idojnt evn needdd what he dis foranymre

<shulk>

[engage_the_enemy]

did he tell you this?

or...did you already know?

[For someone who's been a big advocate of the disappeared being fortunate, that being home is best, it makes it hard for Shulk to justify anything here. Time for a different approach.]

Joseph, you do believe people can change their fates, dont you?

<clackers>

[constartist]

[ Another lengthy pause. ]

>iknew
>itoldhhim
>bthe cant chageanytgng ifhes not goig toremebr

<shulk>

[engage_the_enemy]

how do you know he won't remember?

there has to be some good that can come from being here. and i guess, even if he...

you got to see him again. despite everything, you got to see him one more time

<clackers>

[constartist]

>f he wontremeber leavng whts thechace thathesx goig to remmber beng here at ll

[ And, for how long Joseph leaves it, it would appear that he's ended the conversation.

But then, that last line came up. ]

<clackers>

[constartist]

[ The longest pause yet. A few hours, maybe. The sun's coming up by the time he manages to get himself together firmly enough to answer. ]

>thanks
>thankyou

<shulk> /lays down

[engage_the_enemy]

[Shulk decides to leave it too, though he checks back periodically just in case. He couldn't be there for Joseph in person, not like Joseph was for him, so this is the most he can do.

He's a bit bleary-eyed, when the last message pops up.]

youre welcome

get some rest, Joseph

<clackers> more death for the death god

[constartist]

>yo tooo

[ This place was ruining him, but he saw him again. The last words that he'd heard from Caesar were no longer shouted at him in an argument, spoken from a place of vitriol and catalyzed by his own callousness. It lessens the searing pain in his back a little.

Perhaps the chance that he might have remembered might have even made it all worth it. ]