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[reservedempath]

Oh.
I feel a little selfish.

But maybe it was something I did.

I wish he'd said something. Maybe I could have done something different.
But again, I'm just being selfish.

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[reservedempath]

It's silly to take a chance like that.

[will_be_god]

Do you believe there is anything to risk in telling me?

[reservedempath]

If there is one thing you have taught me, it is that emotional sentiment makes me weak. And you are not wrong. So perhaps I am attempting to keep my humiliation to as small amount as possible.

[will_be_god]

Very well. I will discover who this regards elsewhere.

[reservedempath]

This may be rude of me, but is it really any of your business, Cyrus?

[will_be_god]

You have made your grievance public.

[reservedempath]

Am I not permitted to grieve the departure of someone dear to me?

[will_be_god]

If you do so publically, you invite attention. It is irrational to then claim that it is not the business of others when you have presented it as such.

[reservedempath]

Yes. Of course. I should not have said anything at all.

[will_be_god]

Very well.

[reservedempath]

In hindsight, I have an inquiry for you. What is it that pleases you?

[will_be_god]

I have no use for such things. You know this, Voile.

[reservedempath]

Then nothing does. Is that what you mean?

[will_be_god]

...You know that I cannot hide anything from you, as much as this plagues me.

But do not make me phrase it as such.

[reservedempath]

I am in no mood for guessing games or educated guesses of you. I have no desire to pry into your feelings. So you are best off simply being honest with me.

[will_be_god]

I can be nothing but honest with you. Your "prying" is done as handily as others see or hear. To block that out is impossible.

[reservedempath]

I do not understand what you fully mean with such words. However, I will say that your honesty is appreciated.

[will_be_god]

Your ability to read emotions is innate...

...that is all I will say. Anything further must be understood.

[reservedempath]

Innate. It is only who I am. An ability that could be taken advantage of. I decline from doing such a thing. I would rather open communication of honesty, not pathways where I would need to sneak my way into the hearts of others.

[will_be_god]

To sneak? No more than any other sense. To hear, to see...none consider those something to be taken advantage of, though the possibility remains.

[reservedempath]

I use 'sneak' as a... passive manner, I suppose. For those who do not wish to share their feelings openly, I can still reach out to them in that proverbial form and take their sentiments for myself. That includes you.

I simply try not to do that, however.

[will_be_god]

I see.

...Perhaps this is how you demand an answer. I will humor you. What pleases me is logic. Order. Completeness. Those things do not exist in this place.

[reservedempath]

Logic. It's an an admirable idea, but unfortunately the heart does not often sync up with the mind.

[will_be_god]

And that is what I seek to fix.