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- C-support
- Silas: [smile] That’s almost everything on the recipe. Now I just need-
- Kaden: Heya, buddy!
- Silas: [worried] AUGH!
- Silas: K-kitsune!
- Kaden: [smile, closed eyes] Yep.
- Silas: [sweat] What… what are you doing here?
- Silas: [worried] Argh! That didn’t come out right-
- Silas: [sweat] I mean, why- here- you-
- Kaden: [sweat] “Why are you here?”
- Silas: [sweat, blush] M-me?! I’m just- I’m buying-
- Silas: [worried] …
- Kaden: [smile, closed eyes] Hah! You humans are a riot, seriously!
- Silas: Don’t worry about it! I’ll- um- sorry for getting in your way!
- [Silas leaves]
- Kaden: [confused] I’ve seen some funny reactions from humans before, but that was over the top.
- Kaden: [smile] What a weird guy!
- B-support
- Kaden: Hey, Silas! Fancy seeing you in the mess hall!
- Silas: [sweat, closed eyes] …Kaden. Hi.
- Kaden: [confused] Hey, c’mon, don’t be like that! We’re allies!
- Kaden: [closed eyes, smile] I’m not gonna bite you or anything!
- Silas: [sweat] …
- Kaden: What are you planning to cook, anyway?
- Silas: [sweat] …It’s a meal Avatar used to like back at the Fortress.
- Silas: [smile, sweat] I thought if I combined it with some Hoshidan tempura batter it could turn out even better.
- Kaden: [smile] Oh, so you’re a cook, huh?
- Silas: Not a very good one. But I’ve always had a knack for remembering what people like to eat, so…
- Silas: [sweat, worried] …You’re not planning to eat Avatar, are you?
- Kaden: [sweat] You’re a pretty paranoid guy.
- Silas: You’re saying kitsune don’t eat people?
- Kaden: [frown] No! You’d taste gross.
- Kaden: All stringy and bony.
- Silas: [sweat] That’s not helping.
- Silas: [eyes closed] Look, I’m sorry we got off on the wrong foot, but-
- Silas: [sweat, determined] Just don’t hurt Avatar, okay? Or anyone here!
- Kaden: [frown] Hey, I’ve done nothing but be friendly!
- Kaden: You’re the one who led a detachment against him/her!
- Silas: [injured] That’s…
- Kaden: [frown] I’ve got better things to do than get insulted by you.
- Kaden: Enjoy your tempura.
- [Kaden leaves]
- Silas: [sweat] …damn it.
- A-support
- Silas: [sweat] Hey, Kaden, do you have a minute?
- Kaden: [frown] That depends. Are you gonna insult me again?
- Silas: No. I wanted to apologise.
- Silas: …The truth is, I’m frightened of kitsune. Terribly so.
- Kaden: [frown] …
- Silas: In Nohr we’re raised on stories of the savagery of the beast tribes.
- Silas: But if that were all it was, I could get over it quickly – I’m fighting alongside Hoshidans, after all.
- Silas: [eyes closed] But… one of my first missions as a trainee knight…
- Silas: Several trade caravans had been decimated. When our detachment arrived on the scene to investigate, we were attacked by kitsune.
- Silas: It was a bloodbath. Almost everyone died. I fought as much as I could, but eventually the survivors and I just hid. Waited out the night.
- Kaden: …oh, geez…
- Silas: The howls, the claws… I’ve still got the scars to remember it by. So- when I see you on the battlefield, I…
- Silas: [injured, eyes closed] It takes me back.
- Kaden: [eyes closed] Where’d it happen? Down south, near the shoreline?
- Silas: [surprised] Yeah. You- you weren’t there, were you?
- Kaden: No! But- I think I know what happened.
- Kaden: [injured] Those trade caravans were poachers. They… they must’ve been carrying pelts from near the kitsune hamlet.
- Kaden: They come by every few seasons, around the time that our young are just starting to venture out on their own.
- Silas: [injured] Oh… oh, gods…
- Kaden: Often our warriors follow them for revenge, and to…
- Kaden: [eyes closed] To reclaim the dead.
- Silas: [upset] I’m so sorry. To think I cursed them…
- Kaden: [eyes closed] It’s alright. You soldiers wouldn’t have had a clue about it.
- Kaden: My friends shouldn’t have attacked you like that. They might’ve mistook you for mercenary reinforcements.
- Silas: [eyes closed, injured] I feel so naïve… I never even considered people might stoop so low as to…
- Kaden: [eyes closed] It’s okay.
- Kaden: [smile] Thanks for telling me. Talking about that must’ve been a pain.
- Silas: It feels good to get it off my chest, though.
- Silas: [smile] …Maybe we could start again?
- Silas: I’d like to learn more about kitsune, and make amends for-
- Silas: For everything.
- Kaden: [smile] Sounds fine by me!
- S-support
- Silas: [eyes closed] Okay. Deep breath. I’m ready.
- Kaden: [smile] You sure?
- Silas: [eyes open, smile] Yeah. Go for it.
- [transform SFX]
- Silas: [sweat, smile] …
- Kaden: How are you feeling?
- Silas: [smile] Better than I thought.
- Kaden: Wait, so you’re not scared of kitsune any more, just like that?
- Silas: [blush] N-not exactly. I don’t know how I’d react if I fought any old kitsune in the field.
- Silas: [smile, blush] But I’m not scared of you.
- Kaden: [blush, smile] You can sound pretty cool when you want to, y’know.
- [transform SFX]
- Kaden: I’m really glad I met Avatar and you guys, y’know.
- Kaden: Before this, my image of humans wasn’t so different from you and kitsune.
- Kaden: Sure, I knew there were SOME decent humans, but I figured most of you were savage, basically feral.
- Silas: [sad] It’s a fear we earned.
- Kaden: [smile] But I’ve had a blast since meeting you guys.
- Kaden: Honestly… once the war’s over, I’m really gonna miss hanging out with you.
- Silas: [blush] It doesn’t have to end.
- Kaden: Huh?
- Silas: [smile] You and me, I mean- us, we… we don’t have to end just because the war does.
- Kaden: [eyes closed, smile] I’d like that.
- Kaden: But… I have to go back to the kitsune hamlet. I’m their chief, after all.
- Kaden: And I’m not sure you’d find many couriers game enough to deliver letters there.
- Silas: [sad] Yeah…
- Silas: [smile] Hey, I know! What if I go with you?
- Kaden: [surprised] To the kitsune hamlet?
- Silas: Yeah! I mean- that’d be okay, right?
- Kaden: [surprised] We’ve never had a human live among us before, but-
- Kaden: Wait, are you serious? You, living with kitsune? Wouldn’t you be scared?
- Silas: [blush] To be honest, maybe at first. It takes time to get over this stuff.
- Silas: [eyes closed, blush] But it’d be worth it to stay with you.
- Kaden: [blush] Silas…
- Kaden: Geez, you’re really leaving me no choice here, buddy!
- Kaden: [blush, smile] Or should I say beloved?
- Silas: Y-you…
- Kaden: [smile, closed eyes] Yep! For kitsune it’s traditional to swap one another’s scarves as a courtship gesture.
- Kaden: Obviously you don’t have a scarf, but- here!
- Silas: [blush] It’s soft…
- Kaden: [blush] So… you’d really come back to the hamlet with me?
- Silas: [smile] I’d go anywhere with you.
- Silas: [eyes closed, smile] But if it’s your home, I know I’ll love it.
- Kaden: [smile] Then we need to hurry up and end this stupid war!
- Kaden: I can’t wait to introduce you to everyone!
- Silas: And I can’t wait to meet them.
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