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[infire]

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[swordflash]

All right.

[ it's not a lot of work, and this is the least he can do after wrecking the patch in the first place. poor isaac must have been so afraid. using the spade, zenitsu covers the holes and pats the dirt down. ]

[infire]

That's good.

[ she'll water the little patches herself, with the small watering can at her side. then brilith nods in satisfaction. ]

There. Now we're done, so we wait for them to bloom... If we're lucky, we won't be here long enough for that.

[swordflash]

I'll be glad if they bloom.

[ they deserve that chance. crouched by the patch, he turns his attention from the dirt to brilith. ]

Do you think this house will still be around once we take care of the source?

[infire]

So will I.

[ less than she would be before awakening, maybe. back then, brilith might have said she'd want to leave something positive behind, so it's not all bad. now, it's just a tribute to someone who couldn't make it back. she may be different, but she isn't heartless enough to forget them. ]

I don't know. If there's no way to remove the maliciousness from it, then it's better if it isn't. But if there's a way to cleanse that from it somehow, then maybe it can stay.

[ there's a certain bitterness in her voice though, betraying the fact that she would destroy every last vestige of it herself if she could, for all that it's done. ]

[swordflash]

[ her tone and the waning commitment in her last few words tip zenitsu off to brilith's displeasure with the house. it's a contradictory sentiment to what they've just done, but he finds that he's not too surprised by that thought. brilith strikes him as that sort of person, and it's rather sad.

he watches her with a curious gaze. ]

Even so, you planted the sunflowers.

[infire]

...Isaac cared for them. That's reason enough for me.

[swordflash]

[ his face falls. he didn't know isaac aside from what he witnessed during trials, but isaac seemed like a good guy. ]

I'm sorry.

[infire]

Don't apologize, Zenitsu. You didn't choose to be infected, or to kill those boys. It isn't any fault of yours.

[swordflash]

Even if it isn't, it hurt lots of people. Not just the people who've died, but those who are left and those who are on the other side feel those deaths, too.

[ even the flowers. it's a terrible ripple effect at play. ]

[infire]

...I won't deny that it does hurt certain people. But that doesn't mean you're the one who should be apologizing for it.

Besides, if there is a way to bring them back, we're going to do it.

[swordflash]

Yeah.

[ the living will take care of the dead, while the dead will support the living. they'll all look out for each other.

he hesitates. ]

How are you feeling, Brilith?

[infire]

I am ready for this to end.

[ that

that isn't an answer but okay ]

[swordflash]

[ it's an answer and, honestly, one that tells a lot. ]

It has to end soon, right? We've had that meeting and all.

[infire]

It seems that if we wait much longer, we'll lose our chance. So yes, it has to be soon.

I never liked waiting around and doing nothing, anyway.

[swordflash]

I didn't think so. Even in that memory, you seemed like you were always busy.

[infire]

[ she hums thoughtfully. ]

Yes, I suppose I was. But it's to be expected when you're managing an entire city. It's probably part of why this place has proven so frustrating.

[swordflash]

Because you can't manage what's going on in the house?

[infire]

[ at that, she raises an eyebrow in surprise ]

I can't manage every place in the world, Zenitsu. [ . . . ] Though it would probably be a much more welcoming place if one of us could.

[swordflash]

[ the crease in his brow subsides at the thought. a place managed by brilith must be very nice, indeed. ]

Then . . . are you frustrated, because you need to go back? It's been weeks, after all.

[infire]

...Agni needs to return more than I do. Whether I do or not, they can find someone else to handle Atera, but a god cannot be replaced.

[swordflash]

That's not true. I'm sure your citizens miss you! So you both have to return together.

[infire]

Maybe, but they'd move on sooner or later, just like they did when my mother died.

[swordflash]

But . . . that doesn't mean you're not important to them.

[infire]

I never said that. I know I'm important to them, as Agni's summoner. But they don't need me. They are perfectly capable of living without me, once they have a new priest to hold the barrier.

[swordflash]

[ something about the way brilith says that strikes him as sad. ]

Is it that important to be needed?