[ His face clouds. For the almost the entire length of her comment, he is very much on the verge of coming up with some new complaint—perhaps real (Benedict) or perhaps imagined—to avoid the horrible fact of being predictable and preempted and robbed of the first word and element of surprise and any number of other things.
But before he can do that, she says something he wants to argue with, so Benedict and any possible number of other targets are safe. For now. ]
To you.
[ He hasn't spared a glance for her diagrams. ]
And you tricked me into saying I wanted to be friends. Should you write that down or something?
I did no such thing. I merely gave you the opportunity to say something insincere, [she says, picking the graphite back up. Her attention returns to the diagram. So, not writing this transgression down apparently.]
[Her nose wrinkles. Her brow furrows. While the whole concept is clearly repellant, this last part seems to rankle the most.]
Is that not somewhat old fashioned of you now? The Circles are all shut away and the only people who argue about it are presently so busy with other things that a little name should hardly matter. Perhaps you could grow to like it and find some value in it if you only used it more often.
Well I can hardly call you by your given name only, [she blusters back.] It would be far too familiar. I don't call anyone by only their— [Viktor and Ellis desperately need surnames.] It would be highly irregular to address you so. Mononyms are a very particular thing where I come from, you know. And even they are ordinarily the family name.
—And yet everyone seems to be very divided about the use of Enchanter Such-and-Such. So what are you meant to be? Just 'Serah Kostos'?
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But before he can do that, she says something he wants to argue with, so Benedict and any possible number of other targets are safe. For now. ]
To you.
[ He hasn't spared a glance for her diagrams. ]
And you tricked me into saying I wanted to be friends. Should you write that down or something?
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It's not my fault you took full advantage of it.
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And the charlatans in Lowtown are only giving people an opportunity to be stupid.
[ This is not what he came here to fight about.
And yet. ]
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Please, Mister Averesch. I would never call you stupid.
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You can't call me Averesch,
[ will work this time, probably. ]
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Pray tell sir, is there a particular reason you don't care for me to use your name?
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And I asked.
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Is that not somewhat old fashioned of you now? The Circles are all shut away and the only people who argue about it are presently so busy with other things that a little name should hardly matter. Perhaps you could grow to like it and find some value in it if you only used it more often.
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If it hardly matters, there's no reason for you to call me by it.
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—And yet everyone seems to be very divided about the use of Enchanter Such-and-Such. So what are you meant to be? Just 'Serah Kostos'?
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[ Or Enchanter—
But he's grudgingly told too many people they don't have to call him that anymore to take it back now. ]
And I'll call you whatever you want.
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I wasn't aware you called me anything else.
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[ As ridiculous as it is, no pan has ever been deader. ]
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It is far too like Wispy, and so you would think of me whenever called your little spirits up and be annoyed.