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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.