Come on, Alexiel, don't be cruel...

[confined_to_briah]

It had to be done. Do you honestly think I regret it?

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[sympathyforme]

What needed doing?

[confined_to_briah]

I informed you of the matter.

[sympathyforme]

If you inform me every time you upset my brother, that will need a lot of informing.

Your existence upsets him. Mind, my existence upsets him, too.

[confined_to_briah]

That time was purposeful and it included putting you in a bad position.

( Which she doesn't generally do. )

He is prone to being upset.

[sympathyforme]

Nothing you do or say will change what he thinks of me.

[Are we really discussing brothers and their temper?]

Coping mechanism.

[confined_to_briah]

He isn't bad.

( Pot calling kettle black, right? )

More likely than not. I wonder what he would be like if he opened up?

[sympathyforme]

No, he is not.

[Ah, siblings in Angel Sanctuary.]

He'll be the strongest and most pure.

[confined_to_briah]

Does that bother you? ( A faint smile. ) It seems like angelic siblings are meant to be foils of one another.

[sympathyforme]

Bother? Hardly.

I foil him so he can be what he's meant to be.

[confined_to_briah]

I didn't realize you were so selfless.

[sympathyforme]

[The truth might be more complicated, but no need to delve deeper. She knows him.]

Don't tell on me.

[confined_to_briah]

( And she's teasing. She knows how selfless he can be and she knows that, deep down, he loves his brother. That kind of bond can't be severed easily. )

When have I ever?

[sympathyforme]

[He's full of the toughest love. A lot of it.]

Point. At any rate, he will never understand it. Or us.

[confined_to_briah]

( Which isn't easy when you've been kicked around. )

That doesn't bother me. ( She just likes to toy with him. ) I wasn't actually angry at him.