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[sacredpath]

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[kumeyuri]

[he's quiet for a moment.]

Circumstances weren't great, and it's not like I have no regrets or anything, but... I had some time in the moment itself to accept that I wasn't going to make it, so there's that.

If anything, it's jarring how uneventful the transition to the afterlife has been.

[sacredpath]

I can see how having a little time to think changes things. Though - sometimes when the sword is hanging over your head, you still manage to convince yourself it isn't going to fall.

I still feel that way, I think, precisely because this place is so... wrong.

[kumeyuri]

... Mm, it really doesn't feel like an afterlife. [he reaches up to rub his left shoulder.] Easy to think that you just got transported to some other realm, even if you remember dying.

[sacredpath]

Exactly. It just doesn't feel real.

[kumeyuri]

[he lets out a breath.]

... Well, at least I know there's no way my opponent wouldn't have made sure I was dead, so that'll keep me grounded. Hopefully.

[sacredpath]

Something personal, then.

[kumeyuri]

Lost a duel.

[sacredpath]

Sorry to hear that. I suppose it still smarts.

[kumeyuri]

It is what it is. It just means I wasn't strong enough.

[matter of fact, rather than self-deprecating.]

[sacredpath]

[yeah. yeah...]

In a way, that's probably true of most of us.

[kumeyuri]

I'd hope not everyone here died violent deaths, although I guess that might be asking for a lot.

[sacredpath]

I think it's a larger number than you'd find among the general population.

[kumeyuri]

Guess it makes sense for there to be some kind of pattern if we all ended up in the same place.

[sacredpath]

Well. For what it is worth, I am sorry that you had to come to be here.

[kumeyuri]

Likewise. [a beat, and then because this is getting very somber—] Y'know, assuming you weren't a real jerk who had it coming.

[sacredpath]

Ah. I regret to tell you, I probably was.

[kumeyuri]

Think you might've made a wrong turn to get here, then.

[sacredpath]

I know. It really doesn't add up.

[kumeyuri]

[flashes a peace sign]

Well, that makes two of us. Probably more.

[sacredpath]

[help. she finds this funny.]

...I don't know what that gesture you're making means. I hope it's not vulgar.

[she knows it's not, that's not his vibe, but it's funny to pretend.]

[kumeyuri]

[dismayed]

... So many of you are confused by this...

[sacredpath]

If you explained it, I would be less confused?

[kumeyuri]

[shifts his weight awkwardly]

It's... just a gesture meant to express energy? Usually affirmative.

[sacredpath]

[gives him a peace sign...]

[kumeyuri]

[flashes a peace sign back]