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Nikolai Lantsov, 24

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[rezni]

[ It's painful. Or some aspect of it is painful, like running a hand across velvet and finding something sharp concealed within the fabric.

But this is what she wants, and so— ]

Would you like me to give that to you?

[ is amended to: ]

Would you like us to give that to you?

[ He won't make her say it aloud. ]

[sunmon]

It wouldn't be any more real, would it?

[ processing more than really asking. evaluating if having an offer of the lie offered up would provide the same comfort. but it had been a comforting lie. ]

I want to believe in it. That things could be that easy. That we could still have something like that. That I'm not just a mess.

Just for a little while.

[rezni]

Alright. For your birthday, we can believe in that.

I'll ask him.

[sunmon]

[ she doesn't know what to say. he doesn't seem upset or even surprised, even if his words feel reserved. but she feels wrong for it. it's an uneasy sense in her stomach.

she wants to escape it, so— ]

Don't forget the part about cake.

[rezni]

I'll talk to Murphy. Perhaps he's recovered enough to make a cake. If not, I'll see who Nikita recommends.

Will I see you tonight?

[sunmon]

That was the hope, yeah.

[rezni]

Excellent. I'll look forward to it.