CONTACT CUBES (sheep game)

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You did? ...I'm so sorry.

Hah.

You and I really are a lot alike... more than I ever could have thought.

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Hah... I do admit to seeing a bit of myself in you, I suppose.

Which is why no matter what happens, I'll make sure you won't have to go back to where you came from.

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Thank you.

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I know making these promises are dangerous, but as much as I can, I won't betray you.

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...well, I can at least appreciate the sentiment.

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...Can I be more honest than I probably should?

[eonsadrift]

Hm...

I suppose I can allow it.

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That last ritual where we 'thought' it was going to turn ugly, but then didn't...

It was very awkward. At the very start of the ritual when people were deciding who to 'hit,' thinking it would be to hurt or at least main, suddenly everyone in Rose is doing the usual process of elimination. They were saying "we can't hit Lily, or Daffodil, or Bluebell..." and, well, that's leaving very few flocks we can 'hit'. And someone is asking me 'Do you want to say Clover is off limits?' and... it's very hard to say "please disregard your dear friends who you know from your own world, even before the pasture."

[eonsadrift]

...hah. Is that all? You've really become a bleeding heart.

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...It's hard to make these decisions when you have allegiances now.

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Oh, don't I know it.

...but I won't consider it a betrayal if Rose ends up hitting us. I'd rather that didn't happen, but we tend to hit Rose over other flocks ourselves. It'd be hypocritical of me to demand that of you.

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I guess it goes without saying you know, Mr. Shepherd.

You've always 'felt' like the 'leader,' you know? Not just a 'might makes right,' way, but also in a 'planning' way.

That's not exactly how Rose works.

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Ah... it only ended up this way because it was me with a bunch of scared kids in the beginning...

I was aware that Rose was a bit of an outlier when it comes to group dynamics, though.

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Yes. If it was "might makes right," it'd be Azdaja. But, Azdaja doesn't want that.

To put it mildly.

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So Angel Devil is weaker than Azdaja..? How interesting.

...she doesn't seem like the type to want to lead, no. I've gathered that much. Admittedly, no one Rose really seems like the taking charge type.

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You can't just measure 'raw' strength, Zenith.

["Angel Devil's emotional vulnerabilities are many," is implied.]

I'd say if not Levi, the next likely would be Belle.

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[ "angie is a liability" is what he takes out of that ]

Well, regardless... Rose tends to be rather aloof, don't they? You don't have to worry about pushing our little "alliance" over whatever else they have going on.

...I certainly am unlikely to protect Rose.

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We are very passionate. ...Don't you think?

[eonsadrift]

Oh, absurdly so.

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So, I suppose I'm not the "take-charge" type either?

...Well, maybe not directly.

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You certainly took charge of your own destiny when it came to forming an alliance with me.

...but who knows. I wouldn't have considered myself a "leader", either. The last time I was put in charge of subordinates, I was widely regarded as the cruelest member of my organization.

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Not necessarily! That can easily be boiled down to self-interest. ...Which is because that's what it was.

[she laughs]

Those times feel so far away, now.

[eonsadrift]

Hah... I suppose they do.

Perhaps we've both become better people as a result of this place. How awful.

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Or, more awful at being bad people.

[eonsadrift]

Hah... that feels more accurate, somehow.