Of all the questions he could ask her, he chooses the one that's the most problematic for her. Theirs is a relationship based on unspoken truths. Acknowledgements neither of them wants to concede to or admit. But again, instead of demanding, Stratos asks. Of course he does.
It would be easier if he didn't. For a moment the cat demon nearly pulls on her human disguise, but she pauses. It might make the point she needs, but it may also give him the wrong idea. Well, she can sort that out properly. Her golden eyes glow steadily before Stratos is face to face with himself again. At least this way there won't be any subtext she has to worry about.
"Because I'm your proxy." She uses his voice, his face, but this time she also mimics his own expression back to him. Gone is her ambivalent posture. Her lax demeanor and bored expression. "And more importantly, you're my friend. D...don't make me say that aloud again, okay?"
Neko knows why Stratos didn't send that letter. She knows why he's struggled for so long to get much of anything done when it comes to his family. And she doesn't care about them nor about any other human in this world or any other. Except...if Stratos cares about them, then she has to in some capacity. That's her job.
"I did it because you couldn't, and because if you put it off for much longer, it would give you trouble."
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Of all the questions he could ask her, he chooses the one that's the most problematic for her. Theirs is a relationship based on unspoken truths. Acknowledgements neither of them wants to concede to or admit. But again, instead of demanding, Stratos asks. Of course he does.
It would be easier if he didn't. For a moment the cat demon nearly pulls on her human disguise, but she pauses. It might make the point she needs, but it may also give him the wrong idea. Well, she can sort that out properly. Her golden eyes glow steadily before Stratos is face to face with himself again. At least this way there won't be any subtext she has to worry about.
"Because I'm your proxy." She uses his voice, his face, but this time she also mimics his own expression back to him. Gone is her ambivalent posture. Her lax demeanor and bored expression. "And more importantly, you're my friend. D...don't make me say that aloud again, okay?"
Neko knows why Stratos didn't send that letter. She knows why he's struggled for so long to get much of anything done when it comes to his family. And she doesn't care about them nor about any other human in this world or any other. Except...if Stratos cares about them, then she has to in some capacity. That's her job.
"I did it because you couldn't, and because if you put it off for much longer, it would give you trouble."