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[burninglight]

[After the fight with his brother had settled down, Ardyn went back to his room and shut the door; after an hour or so of pacing restlessly and accomplishing nothing, he settled on taking out his phone and making an ill-advised decision.]

[...Just as soon as he changed his username.]

Since there is likely no end in sight to 'this station needs more therapy than the multiverse can provide':

I know one can be furious with someone they care about and yet not detest them. Difficult, but not unthinkable. But is it possible to ever learn to stop hating someone, when that anger is justified yet supposedly built on the foundation of a misunderstanding?

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[daughterofthemark]

Indeed.

Have you encountered such a situation?

[burninglight]

I'm kind of working through one right now.

[daughterofthemark]

Your brother?

[burninglight]

[Ardyn sighed, taking a moment to switch the conversation to private.]

You've met him, then.

[daughterofthemark]

He was one of the first people I met here.

[Just... not giving any detail on that. If Ardyn wants to know that she mistook Izunia for him, he can ask about it himself.]

[burninglight]

I hope he wasn't too obnoxious.

[daughterofthemark]

In fact, he was quite helpful.

[burninglight]

Figures.

[daughterofthemark]

And he had met Rii-san already, so he was relieved when I did not attack him.

[burninglight]

He'd met her before I ran into him, as well.

wtf I could swear I replied to this

[daughterofthemark]

I hope the impression he got of us all from her wasn't *too* misleading.