canon is 'the curse breakers'!

[worker]

[ There's a wry tilt to the smile on this particular eighteen year old's face. Cassel Sharpe stands with his hands held loosely at his sides, gloves on. ]

I guess you've had worse ideas than this. I don't think it means I have to like it though.

I've probably had worse, anyway.

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[counterpart]

[ Another boy sits atop a low brick wall nearby, legs dangling, limbs poised but loose. His neck cranes just the slightest few degrees forward, head ticking to one side. There's something almost owl-like about it, but likely difficult to place in its subtlety. ]

...'Probably'? Don't you know?

[worker]

I've had worse, [ he corrects, then pauses. There's a difference between knowing about memories and having experienced them, but that's a kind of introspection Cassel doesn't really pay attention to these days.

Cassel peers at the other boy and, somewhat abruptly: ]

Who are you?

[counterpart]

[ He offers a strangely bright smile in response to the near-snippiness of the other boy's reply. It could be chalked up to the fact that his teeth are exceptionally... white. They gleam just a little as he says, pleasantly, ]

Nagamaru. Who are you?