dear_mun | He's awake.

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He's awake.

Do you have any idea how hard it is for me to stay free? I won't take kindly to you barring me in this cell, Mundane. Even if you were to let me roam in a game - as you call it - that wouldn't be the same as being in my castle with my family.

Reconsider your decision before I become angry.

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I wouldn't say so. Hope isn't a bad thing after all.

I never thought so, though it sometimes felt misguided.

Maybe. I've always preferred being misguided to not hoping or trying though. Even when it comes to mundanes.

You sound a lot like my Sophie.

Oh? I'm glad other people feel the same way then.

She knows how to keep me in line. [Boy does he need it.] I'm glad the world has one other person who thinks like her. I wonder if you two could be friends?

Are you the sort that needs to be kept in line?

[Sounds like Edgar then. At least this fellow doesn't seem to be half the silver-tongued villain.]

I wouldn't mind it, though that depends on how she feels about fairies.

I freely admit that I do get myself into trouble on occasion.

[He doesn't look the least bit worried about it. Oh Howl can be silver-tongued - just in a charming way.]

She would likely be delighted to meet them.

Some trouble you have to get into for a good cause. It thoroughly depends on the type of trouble.

[I.E. when you flirt with far too many women or manipulate your way into situations.]

Then we should get along fine together. Some people can't really stand the idea of them or misjudge them and those involved with them.

I like to think I'm not entirely self-centered. [And he does care more about people than he used to.]

Sophie isn't like that. [Said very fondly.] She accepted me and that wasn't easy.

I'd say you're not if you can care for someone else so much.

I'm still learning how that works. Hearts can be awful burdens.

[She can't help but laugh a bit.]

They can be! I would rather live with one than without it though, even if it does bring a lot of pain at times.

So I've been told. [He's...adjusting.] They say practice makes perfect, so I am using my heart as much as possible.

[She ought to have asked this first but now she has to. Her curiosity would get the better of her if she didn't.]

Did you not have one before?

I swallowed a falling star and a demon by the name of Calcifer took my heart. He served me for a long while.

Until I met Sophie.

Oh. He took your heart as payment for serving you while he was doing so?

We made a deal of sorts. He gave me his power whenever I needed it and I gave him my heart. It was a childish arrangement.

A little. It's difficult to know what to do though when dealing with creatures like that.

You've changed your mind now though, it sounds like.

I was caught up in the moment and I was lonely. Calcifer became a good friend.

Yes. Sophie put my heart back and Calcifer is a star once more.

I'm glad to hear that then.

Everything worked out better than I ever hoped or planned.

Well, until I arrived here.

[That brings a faintly sad smile.]

Mm, I understand. Things were... alright until my mundane decided a game would be a good idea.

[She sighs.]

I felt like I had actually reached an understanding with Edgar even.

Did he follow you? [Something about her tone says no.] I don't know what I would do without Sophie. [He knows he wouldn't be happy.] Not to mention my apprentice, Markl. Even the Witch of the Waste would be missed eventually.

Oh no, he didn't. I think things would just be more complicated if he did.

That's quite a list.

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