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Mm, I suppose I do. This whole town still feels like a dream, sometimes. Both too idyllic and too twisted, to truly be real.

[a beat.]

You'll see her again once you go back home though, won't you? Maybe not carrying these specific memories, but Marisa Kirisame will definitely meet with that girl again.

I know. It's one of the things that keeps me going. [pause] But I still know what I had here with her will never be back home. It was something here that made her fall in love with me. She doesn't love me back home...

But at least she'll still be there.

[She gives a quiet, almost wistful sigh.] Hehe, to fall in love... [except oops now she sounds like a super old grandma doesn't she... MOVING ON] You're very devoted. But odds are you won't remember, either. That you ever fell in love with her at all in the first place, in some construct of an American town called "Mayfield". Have you thought about that, if it's okay for me to ask?

Ciel. I've been in love with her for years. This town has nothing to do with how I feel toward her.

...I see. That sounds like a familiar problem... Then can you do something about it, once you go back? [It'd be unclassy to ask if Patchy has anyone else back home, but... welp.]

I dunno. Hadn't done anything for years. Might not do anything for more years. Can't really explain why, ze.

Don't wanna to talk about her anymore. Pick something else.

I'm not too worried, honestly. You're the type of person who knows what she wants and what to do to get it. If you really love her, you'll no doubt chase and get your own happy end.

[but changing topic? SURE, SHE CAN DO THAT.]

How about you pick? You can ask me anything you like. I'd normally put some form of restriction, but given that things are likely coming to an end very soon, it won't matter anyway.

[it should take her mind off of things, too. Ciel's betting on that much.]

...you won't answer the things I want to know anyways. Kinda pointless to ask, ze.

My... Have I been that discouraging?

Yes. Case in point, ze. What happened to Elesia?

[Her shoulders slump. There's a small pause.] She died, I suppose.

I don't think so considering she's sitting up here on the roof with me. [blunt]

I don't go by that name anymore for a reason, Marisa, but it's in a metaphorical way, if you insist. With the exception of her body, that girl lost everything she had that made her who she was. Besides, she really did die for real, even if she couldn't stay dead for good. What else can you call that?

[the tone is surprisingly neutral, but her tone is fainter now, compared to before.]

Being immortal. I am from Gensokyo, ze. [You know... Mokou and Kaguya.] Now that finally explains why you look around my age but act a lot older.

For the record, I liked the long hair.

Mm, it's like Mokou-san. I've heard about Houraisan-hime from Doctor Yagokoro, the sort of immortality I had is like theirs. ["Perfect", in other words.

...

a faint chuckle.]

It's impractical for work.

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...kinda glad we never fully had it out when I actually attacked you. I'd have had to use the same tactic on you that I do to beat Mokou. Not exactly fun, ze. For either of us.

[Marisa half-rolls to look over her shoulder at Ciel.]

So what turned that disturbingly innocent French girl into the Executor with the candy center? Arcueid refused to tell me when I asked her way back when...

Don't underestimate me, though. If Mokou-san is a hermit, then I likely have way more fighting experience than she does. You'll have to give your absolute best shot, I definitely won't go easy on you just because we live together.

[ciel's not looking back, but you can PROBABLY picture this face...]

I don't like to think about it because it gets really bloody and dramatic. ...Do you really insist, though?

[she can't help this part, okay...]

[IGNORING THE LECTURE...]

...considering I called you 'Mom' and actually meant it for weeks, give me this.

...

[a heavy sigh.]

I was possessed since birth by a reincarnating vampire who cheats death by parasiting the soul of a newly conceived child. It didn't surface until I was of age, so of course, I had no idea before then. What happened after is a typical horror story you can find in any cliched novel. The girl lost control of her body and mind and tore apart everything she had herself. She was eventually killed too, but the body reverted back to that of a normal human after death. Something like that never happened before, so the Church took the corpse in to study the phenomenon.

[and that's detachment in her voice, if Marisa's ever heard it anywhere else.]

You're a smart girl, you can piece the rest together for yourself.

[There's a very long pause as Marisa takes all that in. Now she understands why Arcueid said it was Ciel's story to tell. It also explains the huge shift. And the comment from Arc about it being 'her fault'... that's not quite adding up, but that would be something she'd as the vampire about now that she knows kind of what happened. Kind of. Now what to say?]

...sucks to be you.

[not really a sigh, but she does breathe out with some weight. DON'T SAY SHE DIDN'T WARN YOU............]

I got unlucky, it seemed.

...

Can I ask you something too, Marisa?

That's one way to put it... [Ciel has E Rank Luck.]

...whatcha wanna know?

[She leans back. Our shoulders might be touching.]

If we do end up having to spend more time stuck here, are you going to view or treat me differently now that you know?

No. Why would I? [There is honest confusion in her voice.]

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