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[psycholawgy]

You've reached Athena Cykes. I'm currently unavailable, but leave a message and I'll get back to you pronto. Danke! (voice/call → text → video → action)

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[emotive]

Please don't...

You talked to them didn't you? And they were the ones that took your money.

... What are they going to do with all those funds anyways?

[psycholawgy]

That's a really good question...

Maybe they just like swimming in their own wealth. I mean, I'd sleep in a room full of gold bars if I could.

[emotive]

Or you could buy the most comfortable bed in the world with the comfiest blankets and pillows.

... Although maybe you'd only need one gold bar for that.

[psycholawgy]

You can even buy an entire pudding factory if you wanted!

[emotive]

Yeah... That would be amazing...

[Almost daydreaming about pudding heaven, but Ai snaps out of it]

Anyways, I guess part of your research is going to have to be what Flamines do with money then? It'd be nice to have some context of where they're coming from besides utter destruction.

[psycholawgy]

Yeah. The only problem is... where do we even begin?

[emotive]

Maybe they buy more weapons to destroy? But then again, if they have enough power to decimate things in their path, why would they bother with monetary exchange?

[So many questions and only more questions, questions, questions.]

[psycholawgy]

I'll try to see if the books have anything to say about it...

[ anyway... ]

About Archer-- I-- You know, we got into a fight the other day.

[emotive]

[Ah...]

What were you both fighting about?

[psycholawgy]

W- Well! I was having a problem with Merlin-- [ her cheeks flush red when she says it, and it prompts her to look away. ] and I asked him for help. He didn't want to help me.

[emotive]

That... That's just like him isn't it??

[Archer's so picky with people even with the ones he's known for a long time.]

Um. He left me a sword!

[psycholawgy]

I really expected him to help me out, you know? I blew up at him and tried to punch him and left crying. We didn't get to make up before he left.

[ that's the thing that bothers her the most, really. it's how awful it ended.

still, at ai's remark, she cants her head curiously. swords make her uncomfortable, but she isn't going to tell ai that. ]

What kind of sword?

[emotive]

[Ai sighs. It's too bad that things didn't end well between the two people she valued a lot. She knows that if they had more time, perhaps things wouldn't be so tentative. She'll proceed to answer Athena's question instead of making the conversation sour though.]

A Vietnamese style one! Well, they're similar to Chinese style swords where they're thin and light. I just hope I can use it well when needed. All that training with Archer has to pay off for something.

[psycholawgy]

It's not like a katana, is it?

[emotive]

[Ai shakes her head.]

No, the blade is slightly shorter and the blade isn't curved. It's a bit thinner too.

I'd show you right now, but it's probably not polite to bring weapons to the table when we're eating...

[She's so thoughtful!]

[psycholawgy]

[ actually, she doesn't want to see it. (unsure) sorry, ai... ]

That's alright. Maybe next time.