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It is. [Ciel sits patiently, waiting for Hinata's gears to turn, waiting for Hinata to finish thinking and speaking.
There is maybe a bit (a tiny sliver) of admiration in his eye for just how not-stupid Hinata is being in this conversation. He appreciates when people think about all possible out-comes, all possible angles.
Ciel smiles up at Hinata, tight-lipped and small.] If you don't believe you can stomach doing what you already help them do, then take the path that is easy.
I am going to take the path that is right.
There is maybe a bit (a tiny sliver) of admiration in his eye for just how not-stupid Hinata is being in this conversation. He appreciates when people think about all possible out-comes, all possible angles.
Ciel smiles up at Hinata, tight-lipped and small.] If you don't believe you can stomach doing what you already help them do, then take the path that is easy.
I am going to take the path that is right.
[it isn't about--]
[lips thin.]
[the moment stretches for an uncomfortable amount of time, not that Hinata notices one second of it. stumbling over suddenly personal topics, answering--- well enough, keeping to the resolve. there existed not much doubt in his mind Ciel would throw him under the bus if it meant bettering his own cause, but if their causes aligned...]
[no. no, no, no. the problem was, he always started out warning himself of a person's pitfalls, and then ended up wanting to see them succeed anyway without extra harm. all or nothing loyalty, the same as he went all or nothing into anything else.]
[...]
[fuck.]
I'll talk to you later.
[-- leave. immediately. he had to, and he did, turning on a heel to stride away with shoulders a stiff line. he wouldn't look back.]
[lips thin.]
[the moment stretches for an uncomfortable amount of time, not that Hinata notices one second of it. stumbling over suddenly personal topics, answering--- well enough, keeping to the resolve. there existed not much doubt in his mind Ciel would throw him under the bus if it meant bettering his own cause, but if their causes aligned...]
[no. no, no, no. the problem was, he always started out warning himself of a person's pitfalls, and then ended up wanting to see them succeed anyway without extra harm. all or nothing loyalty, the same as he went all or nothing into anything else.]
[...]
[fuck.]
I'll talk to you later.
[-- leave. immediately. he had to, and he did, turning on a heel to stride away with shoulders a stiff line. he wouldn't look back.]
[In truth, Ciel much prefers saving people he can. He won't admit it. He much prefers when people go along with what he is trying to do because, in the end, sacrificing others puts more blood on his hands and more scars on his soul.
It makes him more delicious to Sebastian. He knows this.
So if he can just get Hinata, if he can just carefully manipulate the others to help him in his quest to return home, he won't have to get dirty.
He thinks he may have Hinata hooked, if only a little. It's all he needs. Not hope necessarily, but that too, but righteousness.
He doesn't say anything as he watches Hinata go, aware fully of the change and turmoil in the other boy. He watches for as long as possible, for Hinata to file through the rest of the people and beds, and then he very slowly pulls the curtain closed with a smile on his lips.]
It makes him more delicious to Sebastian. He knows this.
So if he can just get Hinata, if he can just carefully manipulate the others to help him in his quest to return home, he won't have to get dirty.
He thinks he may have Hinata hooked, if only a little. It's all he needs. Not hope necessarily, but that too, but righteousness.
He doesn't say anything as he watches Hinata go, aware fully of the change and turmoil in the other boy. He watches for as long as possible, for Hinata to file through the rest of the people and beds, and then he very slowly pulls the curtain closed with a smile on his lips.]
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
Fine.
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
You'll help?
Fine.
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
You'll help?
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
Someone's fate. Is it right to be fine with the CDC having control over it? Living and dying, to be killed or not to be killed.
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
What if someone doesn't wish to keep living, but someone else here requests it to be so? Is that fine to do?
Someone's fate. Is it right to be fine with the CDC having control over it? Living and dying, to be killed or not to be killed.
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
What if someone doesn't wish to keep living, but someone else here requests it to be so? Is that fine to do?
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
Are you good at keeping secrets?
Are you good at keeping secrets?
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
As do I.
[But ah... that doesn't mean he's never betrayed anyone...]
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
Since you have the time, let's play a game.
As do I.
[But ah... that doesn't mean he's never betrayed anyone...]
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
Since you have the time, let's play a game.
[who would be surprised to hear that: absolutely no one.]
[to be fair, secret-keeping was a recently acquired talent for Hinata. doing his level best to push down equal parts anxiety (not over or about Ciel: more, their situation aboard the Neheda) and tarnished dignity (petty, useless thing as it had become), the reply is simple.]
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
Where?
[to be fair, secret-keeping was a recently acquired talent for Hinata. doing his level best to push down equal parts anxiety (not over or about Ciel: more, their situation aboard the Neheda) and tarnished dignity (petty, useless thing as it had become), the reply is simple.]
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
Where?
[Obviously, Ciel is going to try to figure out what the fuck--
His eye narrows, and he offers Sebastian the strangest, sourest, most twisted expressions ever.] Perhaps I may...
[A pause. He considers. Does he... really want... to ask Sebastian... of all people? Tsundere doesn't even sound like English at all. Now where could he have learned...?]
What the hell "tsundere"?
His eye narrows, and he offers Sebastian the strangest, sourest, most twisted expressions ever.] Perhaps I may...
[A pause. He considers. Does he... really want... to ask Sebastian... of all people? Tsundere doesn't even sound like English at all. Now where could he have learned...?]
What the hell "tsundere"?
[ In response to Ciel's sour expression, Sebastian simply smiles. But it's the sort of smile Sebastian only gives when he knows something particularly amusing and probably embarrassing for Ciel. He cants his head with a thoughtful noise first, then chuckles. ]
Well, it is a word to describe a particular kind of personality! Yours, as it would happen.
[ This traps Ciel however in one of Sebastian's stupid word traps. Since if he gets offended, it's admitting that his personality is something to be offended over... ]
Well, it is a word to describe a particular kind of personality! Yours, as it would happen.
[ This traps Ciel however in one of Sebastian's stupid word traps. Since if he gets offended, it's admitting that his personality is something to be offended over... ]
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
het etxn lalhegecn lwil eb haerrd
het etxn lalhegecn lwil eb haerrd
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@org
What is the favor?
What is the favor?
FROM: phantomhive.ciel.org
How do you know I won't pawn it for something better?
How do you know I won't pawn it for something better?
FROM: phantomhive.ciel.org
You asked me specifically to keep it knowing what you do of me. Why?
FROM: phantomhive.ciel.org
Do you think I will?
You asked me specifically to keep it knowing what you do of me. Why?
FROM: phantomhive.ciel.org
Do you think I will?
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