soulping | hiyo haato

You mean... you don't... not?

I mean you're fine, so you don't have to keep thinking you're doing somethin' wrong.

[ she's laughing, just a little ]

Okay, then.

[ the tugging hand and slinging arm retreat, finally, Wolfwood turning to stare at the animal lounging on the table like it owns the place (much as she's doing, herself). ]

So... this is supposed to be me, huh?

Well, I wouldn't go that far. More like... a representation of you. The way I see you. You could be very different, if I pegged you wrong.

Even I don't know who I am yet, kid.

... Truthfully, I think we're always discovering who we are. Whether or not we've got our memories.

... But if that's the case, I'm glad I get to find out who we are together.

[ pinches her nose, firmly. somehow it's meant to come across as gruffly affectionate? ]

You can try, but you ain't getting any more compliments outta me, Springheels.

[ it lacks venom. in fact, she sounds almost satisfied. ]

I'm not trying to get you to flatter me, Ohime-sama!

[ her voice sounds kind of funny since her nose has been all pinched up and she's laughing

GUESS WHO ELSE GETS A CUTE NICKNAME ]

[ that is the most ill-fitting nickname you could have chosen, Hiyori. fortunate that she's barely fluent in English. ]

Good, 'cuz you're failing.

[ not at all! because she wanted to make her a princess as a child, and now she gets to. ]

So what do I have to do to impress you, huh?

You're talkin' like you haven't already.

I did? When?

Have ya looked around, kid?

Uhm....

[ looking around now??? ]

Did you bring something with you, Caracal? I don't... see it....

[ pinches her nose again, for good measure. ]

Forget about it. You'll get it later. [ or she won't. either way, no skin off her nose. ] Hot chocolate, you mentioned.

[ for just a moment, there is a feeling like---there's been a missed opportunity, a connection barely missed, an exhalation of tension like stored breath leaving your body, but it is so brief--was it there to begin with? or just your imagination?

either way, hiyori is nudging the second cup of hot chocolate in her direction ]

Here. Have as much as you like!

[ immediately downs half of it. without flinching. ]

This stuff ain't so bad once you get used to it.

[ that's caracal for saying something is good, isn't it? ]

Have you never had it before?

Nah. Starry-Eyes had it made the first day I was here. Ain't like anything back home, though.

What's "back home" like for you?

The whole damn planet's a desert, if that gives you an idea.

Are you from the same world as Vash?

[ b/c that sounds identical--and just how many desert worlds could there be? ]

[ not in quite so many words, but ] That's right.

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