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[she doesn't actually get up, though she does remove herself from being under bluebird, just remaining flopped on the ground]

I can prepare for that move, next time.

Have you ever thought about learning hand to hand?

[ because. seriously. if anybody could use some core strength training, it's you ]

[ putting the medicine back with the rest! ]

[WOW RUDE]

I'm a mage. Normally, I don't need it.

Normally isn't never.

[ SITS BACK DOWN next to Nightingale, hands braced behind herself ]

Besides, it's fun to learn!

If I need physical attacks, I can use a spear...

[kind of. glancing over. but not trying to look at you too long because oh god what the fuck do i do here.]

That's not what I came here for, anyway.

I said hand to hand. A spear most certainly is not "hand to hand".

[ Tilts her head, raising an eyebrow ]

Has something else happened?

Yeah, well...

[looking away]

... Not really. Just... something Magpie said has been bothering me.

[ frowns a bit at that ]

What did she say?

[she takes a breath like she's about to start talking, but then doesn't, and does this a couple of times before she manages to get words out.]

... Is it... really normal, to have feelings for multiple people?

[ … wait ]

[ WAIT WHAT THIS IS NOT WHAT SHE WAS EXPECTING NIGHTINGALE TO SAY ]

I … er … [ excuse her for a moment, nightingale. clears her throat with a cough. ] Er, yes. It's perfectly normal.

[WOW

looks away again]

Really? With that reaction, it doesn't sound like it.

It's called surprise, Nightingale; not a lack of conviction.

[ runs a hand through her hair, tugging lightly at her ahoge ]

It is perfectly normal to have feelings for more than one person, just as it is also perfectly normal to only have feelings for one person.

...

Just like that, huh. And you're the second type.

... I am, yes.

[ softening some, now, and dropping her hand back down to the ground. ]

What's this about?

.... So in the end, it's still hopeless for me, huh.

[sighs, still not looking at bluebird]

You... remember my memories about Yura, right?

"Hopeless" … seems an odd way to put it, if I may say so. [ and then, because she's aware that could be misinterpreted, she quickly adds: ] You still have other hopes, after all.

And yes, I do remember her. The lady you like, yes?

[just. not commenting on the first part. this is too embarrassing send help.]

Yeah. There's... someone else in the castle I like now, too. But I can't do anything.... It would be unfair to do anything while I still have feelings for others, I thought. Until Magpie started saying all those weird things.

[never mind that it's not a castle anymore. shhhh.]

It would only be unfair if you were dishonest about your feelings.

It's still weird...

Well, is that not natural? You've carried this expectation for years—this understanding that you're only ever supposed to feel for one other at a time.

Challenges to world views like that are always difficult.

To be honest, I was hoping you'd tell me otherwise so I'd have an excuse to not do anything.

I'm not much in the business of making life easy for people.

[ she teases, gently. ]

It's what I get for asking advice from an old lady.

[ did you miss being on the ground, Nightingale ]

[ because that is where Bluebird immediately tries to shove you ]

[WORTH IT]