Mun's been too obsessed with her other muse's canon lately...

[corvus_veritas]

The time you've been spending with that blond robot kid's kind of impressive. It's almost like you've completely forgotten about me.

[He laughs.]

Kidding! I'm only kidding!

[ Mun: 8( ]

Hey, don't look like that. It's kind of nice not being the center of attention anymore, anyway.

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[dekillerqueen]

... Hmm. I believe I know what you mean.

[corvus_veritas]

[Ohai Shelly, it's been awhile. Byrne's in a good mood, so he's gonna...temporarily let the whole 'you're an ASSASSIN' thing slide for just this moment.]

Your mun's being the same way?

[dekillerqueen]

[Okay good he's had enough of that. :T]

It is... an ongoing occurrence, more or less.

[corvus_veritas]

Heh. It's kind of nice to catch a break though, isn't it?

[dekillerqueen]

I suppose. Extended periods of inactivity are not for me, though.

[corvus_veritas]

You'd rather be out there doing your 'job', huh?

[He laughs.] At least my mun hasn't been leaving me inactive. She just doesn't pay me as much attention outside of my game as that robot guy.

[dekillerqueen]

As a matter of fact, yes.

In my case... Well, as of recently, Ms. Mundane has been focusing on...

[... Siiigh.] My younger self.

[corvus_veritas]

[No surprises there, Mr. Assassin.

But oh hoh? Blinking at this.] Your 'younger self'?

[dekillerqueen]

That is what I said.

[corvus_veritas]

[Hmmm. The memory's a bit hazy, but Byrne could swear...]

Is he an older teenager, by chance? Or somewhere around that age?

[dekillerqueen]

In this particular instance, yes.

[corvus_veritas]

Oh. [ 8|;;; ] I uh, think I met him before, a long time ago.

[dekillerqueen]

...

What did he do?

[corvus_veritas]

We just talked. That's all.

[dekillerqueen]

Is that so?

[B| B| B|

... He really doesn't trust his younger self not to have embarrassed him in terrible ways.]

[corvus_veritas]

Yep. [Problem, Shelly? /trollface]

[dekillerqueen]

... Well. I do hope there was no... trouble.

[corvus_veritas]

Trouble? Oh, none at all. He was just... skittish. That's all.

[And hey, it was kind of fun explaining dressing rooms to him!]

[dekillerqueen]

... Skittish, you say.

[Oh lord he did something terrible, didn't he.]

[corvus_veritas]

Inexperienced. He didn't understand that we were in a dressing room when we met.

[...Oh. And.] He also said he met several young girls before. [May or may not be sort of looking at you suspiciously, Shelly.]

[dekillerqueen]

...!

Mr. Prosecutor, think whatever you will of my profession, but I was never the sort of man to spy on ladies in a dressing room!

[corvus_veritas]

Were you really? [SUSPICIOUS STARE IS SUSPICIOUS.]

[dekillerqueen]

I have never had any interest in ladies whatsoever.

[... Shelly no. No don't say it like that. It's not worth lying if you're going to do it like this.]

[corvus_veritas]

[... He could make a predictable (and perhaps awful) joke about that...but Byrne's not feeling that mean. He'll just smirk instead.]

Funny. Your younger self certainly didn't say that.

[dekillerqueen]

What... did he say?

[corvus_veritas]

Oh, I only remember him saying that he'd met far too many young girls in places like that...

[And one of them was very likely Byrne's own daughter, but no need to mention that much.]

[dekillerqueen]

That does not necessarily mean he... enjoyed it.

[corvus_veritas]

Do you think he would've been honest if he did enjoy it?

[dekillerqueen]

...

[POKER FACE...]

[staplerkun]

[Gently... touches.

Byrne! It's been a while. Miles laughs a little.]

You can say that again. Being the side character's nice, after a while.

[corvus_veritas]

[Huwhah? Oh--oh hey there, little Miles! Yes, it certainly has been a while. Have a warm, paternal smile.]

Haha, yeah. It's quite relieving, not being constantly worried about twenty four-seven anymore.

How have you been?

[staplerkun]

[He returns a polite smile.]

It could stand to be more peaceful where I am, but what can I do? I suppose I've been managing well. How about you, Mr. Faraday?

[corvus_veritas]

Hmm. Hopefully you're staying out of trouble as much as you can, then?

I'm...well. [Actually, uh, not really, as far as his game's been going. But it's not like Miles needs to know about all that.]

[staplerkun]

I am. It's not a kind world but I'm doing my best.

... [He eyes Byrne, concerned.] Are you sure?