IC Contact [City of Ariel]

[recitings]

Genesis Rhapsodos here. What do you need me for?

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[dark_to_dawn]

[He'd be lying to himself if he said he wasn't glad the man responded to those last three words. It meant, for him, that his actions hadn't yet don't irreparable damage to something he had initially fostered.

Still... it's a loaded question and his breath comes out in suggestion of that truth.]

Keep showing him that there are people out there who care about him. [Like that's something "easily" done.] You've done more good for Zexion in these past weeks than he's done for himself in ten years of research.

[recitings]

I have?

[Genesis somehow finds it hard to believe, considering how terrible a man he was, with how easy his jealousy was to provoke. Ever since Zexion left with Riku that one morning, he had been thinking that he had been pushing Zexion into their relationship.

But even so, he had gone to him to reconcile, and now they live together. The way he feels for him may not be as passionate as they once were, but they're still there. They feel like an itch to him, as he had been trying his best not to touch Zexion too much.]

[dark_to_dawn]

Yeah.

[Some of this stuff would be easier to talk about in person; he can do and show things to back up what he says. But for now, that can wait for another time. Hearing Genesis' voice tells him he's got something else to talk about first.]

I talked with Zexion a while back. He was worried--[Using that term very lightly here.]--about his feelings being a lie. Feelings he had for people.

Nobodies aren't "supposed" to "worry" about their feelings, or what their feelings could do to another person. But, I'm convinced that's a lie.

He spent ten years believing that lie. His relationship with you is helping him see through it. [This is mostly Riku's stubborn speculation, reporting on what he sees and believes, but it's the truth as far as he's concerned.]

[recitings]

I see.

[Genesis is a bit surprised upon hearing Riku call what they have between each other a relationship. But he supposed that if he had spoken with Cadence, he would have known that he did have feelings for the young researcher.]

I will do my best, then.

[dark_to_dawn]

Thanks.

[He's not sure how much Genesis knows about Zexion, their world, or the things that went into a relationship. But he trusts the man's judgement on knowing where he stands and what he wants to know.]

Zexion died, Genesis. I don't want him to waste a second chance.

[That said, he stands and heads for the window, allowing the SOLDIER to take that as closure or open any questions he may have. He's made his call, apologized, explained, and offered help for the future. Life moved on.]

[recitings]

[He'll take those words with a silent affirmation. He knows the feeling of living a second chance. And it seems as if his relationship with Zexion has become something more than just his own selfish need for someone to love, his own selfish desire for someone who made him burn inside every time he came across him.

Never would he have thought that a relationship would be a key to something more.]