Rufus Catch-All

[misstrust]

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[misstrust]

I know. [ She also looks up, at the darkness filtering through the cracks in the sky. ]

I'm still trying to brace myself for whatever happens.

[soulus]

The Realm as we know it may cease to exist by tomorrow.

[misstrust]

So long as we all leave it safely, good riddance to it.

[ It can blow up, for all she cares. ]

[soulus]

Do you believe it will be safe?

[misstrust]

Well, the whole... [ she waves her hand vaguely at the everything ] ... doesn't exactly inspire confidence.

But I get the feeling we'll be fine.

[soulus]

That's not a fact.

[misstrust]

You asked what I believed, not what I knew.

[soulus]

. . . Whatever the case, we will have no choice but to accept the result.

[misstrust]

That's correct. [ Dorothy closes her eyes, briefly. ]

You and I both did what we had to do.

[soulus]

No. I did what I wanted to do.

[misstrust]

Were they two different things?

[soulus]

There were options.

[misstrust]

Then if you chose what you wanted to do, I'm glad.

[ Choice... is important, after all. ]

[soulus]

. . . What will you do now?

[misstrust]

Sit here with you and enjoy the quiet.

Unless you mean after?

[soulus]

What you do after isn't my business.

[misstrust]

Then yes, sit with you and enjoy the quiet until you feel like you're ready to move along.

[ She's fine like this. ]

[soulus]

There's nothing else to discuss.

[Perhaps it's time that he does move along.]

[misstrust]

[ Dorothy flaps a hand at him. ]

Then if there's no reason for you to stay, have a good night.

[soulus]

. . . Good night.

[Saying that in as formal of a tone as he can muster, he strides past.]