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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.]

[it's answered by a small chuckle. A bit off, but...

earnest and clear, in its own right.]

I'm glad to hear that. [She won't say it out loud either, but pity is one thing she does not wish to ever receive.] Now you have that explained, too. Why I can't have you experiment with Dead Apostle blood no matter what.

You realize that entire argument wouldn't have been anywhere half as bad as it was if you'd just told me then.

It's true that it could have gotten bad. I usually don't need to talk or explain myself, you know? Like Merem could tell you, I'm just a killing machine employed by the Church. I may not have killed you, but I was ready to hound down Sion. Honestly, she took a big fall herself, she should well know what it's like. I can't imagine what she was thinking when she agreed to give you a sample.

[waving a hand idly, who cares if marisa can't see...]

I won't take any of it back, though. It wasn't about me, it was about you. Besides, Arcueid managed to convince you, so things turned out close enough to what I had hoped. [this is her admission to MAY or MAY NOT having pulled a few strings or two...]

Sion gave me the samples because I was capable of following a direction of research she was incapable of. Because I'm a magician and she's an alchemist.

[Marisa huffs a little.] I would've found it, too. Just saying. And you would have killed me. I had used my life force to reinforce that barrier. It's the only way I could make one strong enough to stop you.

That doesn't excuse it.

[Her tone is neutral, and she doesn't pursue it beyond that. Marisa already knows now, after all.]

I considered proposing a duel outside where you can freely fight for your research. Crushing that barrier is one way to get it terminated, but it wouldn't have been fair. I'm not interested either, in something so one-sided.

[but it didn't come down to that, for better or worse... and don't mind the nonchalance.]

Which I get now, ze. [And only one person has ever beaten Marisa in a fair fight. Pbbt. Fair fights with the witch are bad ideas.]

Still, so much easier if you'd just told me then. Or before after you went Moelesia on me. For the gods' sakes, Ciel, I'd even made you an amulet of protection and kept you safe that night from Stabdad. Should've told me back then.

[>Fair

Personal definitions may vary... It may be best to call it more "going all out".]

I appreciate it, but it was still unneeded. I was going to remember again eventually, nothing he can do to my body would amount to anything.

[moving on.]

I still think that you would be better off not knowing. This should all end soon though, so I suppose it's okay, to indulge and be indulgent for a change.

And why do you say that? I already said I wasn't gonna treat you any different. You're still Supernun the Nagnificent.

...

Haha.

Because I'm selfish, Marisa. Would you accept that as explanation?

No. That would be why I haven't talked about my past and what I used to be. You telling me literally does nothing to put me in a worse state than before. In fact it's for my betterment. So shut up.

But whatever. And don't call me that.

I could claim the same, you know. If I chose to keep quiet about myself and insisted that it'll help us, if you told me more about yourself. I could have even tried forcing it through unethical means, but that'd be way too much trouble for us both.

What I should I call you, then?

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