hadriel | two/ video/ if we never see the world again, know we will remember

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two/ video/ if we never see the world again, know we will remember

( When the video switches on, Serah looks deep in contemplation. This is something she's been made to think about for a while, ever since the items from home turned up in the city. But then she was sick, and busy, and time moved on.

So it's a bit of a delayed question, but a question nonetheless. )

How much do the gods here know about us? Does anyone know?

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( A laugh and a friend is a good outcome, for sure. )

Maybe you need to send an invoice?

( So why not keep it going? )

[He's had way worse interactions, usually on a daily basis.]

You want to help me write it?

[And can you hear the smile in the voice? Because it's there, bright and warm and not going away any time soon.]

I can give you some paper.

( Not quite the reason the study building has paper for writing but... )

What does pay-per-view cost where you're from? It's 3.99 a minute back home.

Um... A couple hundred gil, I think.

( She wasn't exactly in the habit of paying attention to that when she lived on Cocoon, and it's been three years since then. )

Um, I'm just going to assume you said "dollars" and not fish gills. Because your world is fucking weird if so.

( Wat.

Oh, right. Different worlds. Serah can't help but laugh at the idea of trading fish gills, though. ) G-i-l. It's what we called our currency.

Yeah, but why don't you just call it "dollars"?

[Maybe they didn't use dollars. Maybe--]

Okay, but to clarify: no fish are used for your money, right?

( What's a "dollar"? )

I don't think so.

( Though occasionally fishermen in the village will just trade their catches for meat and other things. )

[A "dollar" is the best thing you can get, next to a steak at midnight and watching Palomo fail.]

Cool, otherwise your wallet is going to smeeeeelll.

( Just one dollar? Not several? )

And probably attract monsters.

["A bunch". A bunch is a monetary term, sure.]

Well, cats? Like a whole line of cats just following you around and meowing at your ass.

( Hypothesis accepted. )

... That sounds better than the monsters.

( Cats are cute ok. )

[He is so not arguing about that.]

You just want a cat army, don't you?

( Serah gasps, the sound clearly acted out for playful, dramatic effect. )

You got me.

( She's gonna take over Hadriel with the power of hairballs. )

Hey, it will be an army that's too damn cute to fight against, so it's still the best plan against fighting the Null that I've heard all day.

If only there were cats here...

( More just for the companionship, really. The absence of any sorts of animals other than the monsters at the border are unsettling. Even New Bodhum had cats. )