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[handfast]

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nicknames

rafayel - scaredy cat
fiammetta - old lady
tokinaga - mr know it all

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[lucentia]

[with a light dip of his head,]

If you insist, but the same goes for you as well.

[handfast]

I don't know that I've been helping that much.

[lucentia]

What makes you say that?

[handfast]

All I do is pick fights with people and get cursed.

[lucentia]

Is it mean if I say that I think that helps keep people's spirits up?

[handfast]

[ hak just sighs. ]

I've gotten used to it. Better me than someone else anyway.

[lucentia]

... You're a very kind person, Hak.

[handfast]

That's Soo-won. He's always been nicer than me. He likes people way more than I do too.

[lucentia]

You can both be kind, you know.

[handfast]

I just do what needs to be done.

[ sometimes that aligns with being kind, sometimes it doesn't. anyway, ]

I'm fine though. You don't have to stay here and make sure I'm okay.

[lucentia]

[...]

If you wish to be alone, then I will respect that. [lucien knows that he's not exactly the kind of company people want.] Though if you think you're being a burden, then that isn't the case.

[handfast]

[ another long pause. ]

I don't mind. [ the company. ] I'm just not very good company right now.

[lucentia]

That's all right. I'm not particularly entertaining company any day, so I'm hardly about to complain about yours.

[handfast]

You think so? A lot of people would like being around a nice, polite guy like you.

[lucentia]

I've been told I'm quite serious and, at times, intimidating.

[handfast]

[ long stare





and then he reaches out to poke lucien in the cheek. idk how far away he is, hak will get up for this if he must. ]

[lucentia]

[wah]

—Hak?

[handfast]

Just making sure.

[ of what? ]

You've never struck me as intimidating.

[lucentia]

... And poking me affirmed this for you?

[handfast]

Yeah. If you attacked me, I might have changed my mind.

[lucentia]

Why would I attack you just for poking me?

[handfast]

Because you're intimidating.