Audience: Ashiya Douman

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...but Limbo knew just what to say to get you to let your guard down. That's still not your fault. Even if it hurt you, it shouldn't have come to that in the first place.

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It was because I wasn't good enough that I was vulnerable.

[Ah, what a miserable state. Always last. Always hated. Always never good enough.]

[The people of Limbo, they live in longing-]

...Ah. [Douman wipes their eyes with a sleeve.] There's no use crying over it now. It isn't as if anything will change, now. I'm dead, after all.

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...I think even being dead doesn't mean this is just it. You can still grow and change, you know? That's not a bad thing.

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Can I? Or am I fated to fall to my darkness?

[A shake of the head.]

I'm very sorry, Lust. I-I don't mean to burden you with things.

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Don't be silly! You're not a burden, and I'm the one who asked anyway. I should be saying sorry to you.

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No, no, you did nothing wrong.

[An attempt at a reassuring smile.]

You're...someone I can see as a friend, Lust. You've been nothing but kind.

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I think we're definitely friends. If you want us to be.

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...Would you be? Friends with me, I mean.

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Of course I would! That's why I came, isn't it? Because we're friends.

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[Douman flushes, extremely touched.]

I'm...glad.

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[cute...douman's so sweet.]

Don't forget it, okay? Promise.

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[They smile.]

I'll promise...Light.

[Her nickname.]

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[hehe. she smiles back because she does like the nickname.]

Good! [and a look at the pinball machine again.] Wanna play again?

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Sure. Practice makes perfect, after all.

[and sometimes it makes your friend have to outrun a giant pinball in the future]

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You got that right.

[and we can say they handwaved played more games until lust went back!]