[ Gen's response is snapped back whip-quick but unsteady, each word crackling at the edges with mingled anger and anxiety. Even if Set seems obedient at the moment, his mind buzzes with worries and possibilities -- because things can go wrong. Things always go wrong. Why do things always go wrong when all he's ever wanted was to keep one thing in his life? Why isn't he allowed even that one thing? The very connection between them is prickly to touch; for Set, every extra second it's maintained must be like holding a double handful of rusty nails.
So perhaps it's for the best that there's no way Gen can reject that offer. 'I will bring him to you.' ]
... but fine. [ It's not that the landscape of Gen's mind grows any less hostile. It's simply that his caution and worries are smothered by a thick layer of greed, want, and more than anything, desperation. He needs to ensure that Reiji is back with him, hidden under his terms once more. And if this is some sort of trap Set is guiding him towards, then so be it -- at least he'll have done everything he can to ensure Reiji's return. ] By the big tree, with all the red mushrooms growing near it.
[ A more exact location is transmitted through Communion, pinpointing where Set should head. ]
Hurry up.
[ Gen cuts the connection without any further delay. And should Set arrive at that designated spot, he'll find it -- quiet. There's no sign of Gen, let alone anyone else, at first. (He gets there first, of course. Waits there, hidden in the earth, every cell in his body on alert for Set's arrival. Burnt too many times to wait out in the open, but also too desperate to watch from a further distance.) ]
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[ Gen's response is snapped back whip-quick but unsteady, each word crackling at the edges with mingled anger and anxiety. Even if Set seems obedient at the moment, his mind buzzes with worries and possibilities -- because things can go wrong. Things always go wrong. Why do things always go wrong when all he's ever wanted was to keep one thing in his life? Why isn't he allowed even that one thing? The very connection between them is prickly to touch; for Set, every extra second it's maintained must be like holding a double handful of rusty nails.
So perhaps it's for the best that there's no way Gen can reject that offer. 'I will bring him to you.' ]
... but fine. [ It's not that the landscape of Gen's mind grows any less hostile. It's simply that his caution and worries are smothered by a thick layer of greed, want, and more than anything, desperation. He needs to ensure that Reiji is back with him, hidden under his terms once more. And if this is some sort of trap Set is guiding him towards, then so be it -- at least he'll have done everything he can to ensure Reiji's return. ] By the big tree, with all the red mushrooms growing near it.
[ A more exact location is transmitted through Communion, pinpointing where Set should head. ]
Hurry up.
[ Gen cuts the connection without any further delay. And should Set arrive at that designated spot, he'll find it -- quiet. There's no sign of Gen, let alone anyone else, at first. (He gets there first, of course. Waits there, hidden in the earth, every cell in his body on alert for Set's arrival. Burnt too many times to wait out in the open, but also too desperate to watch from a further distance.) ]