[ okay. they will go about pulling down some bottles and grabbing some glasses to make a few midori sours. ]
So. I'm gonna be honest, I actually don't know Neverah. [ which is probably why they aren't entirely torn up about what happened, outside of being unnerved it happened again. ] But three times is impressively bad.
[ the way they say this seems to be kind of light and neutral, giving yves a chance to decide to stick with this topic or steer somewhere else. ]
Bar's open 24/7 for a reason. I always figure you guys scatter after trials and will eventually come by if you want to. Decompressing and all that.
[ their drinks are served up in no time. ]
And as much as I don't mind seeing you, I can't say those aren't unfortunate circumstances to drive you here. Guess I'll work on curating the menu in the meantime then.
[ yves takes his drink and brightens up briefly, offering a thank you and then sipping again!!
but to respond after a moment ]
You're always working hard, Gabriel. The system as a whole isn't any of your faults, but I really do appreciate what you and the others do to try to take care of us.
[ they do like when people like their drinks, so they relax a little and lean against the bar again with a drink of their own. ]
I don't know if I'd call this working hard. [ a gesture to the bar. ] But... you're welcome. The girls are doing everything they can with God, and if I can be back-up support for them that's what I'll do. The system's a mess. [ they sip their drink. ] Last I heard, God's pretty pissed this is happening at all since it throws off their whole plan. Not to mention they're having trouble locating the lost souls. It's good to know they aren't officially gone, but that only helps so much. The most we can do while God focuses on that is try to take care of all of you the best we can. Indulge a little, make sure you're staying on the right path, all of that.
[ he nods, even if there's just the slightest bit of tension at the mention of trouble locating lost souls. his adolphe. but he takes a second, a breath, and then looks back up at gabriel ]
Trying counts. It has to. And... you're all doing great, at least from where I'm standing.
I hope you're right. Trying's... sometimes all we have. [ we the people, not just we the heavenly npcs. ] Make sure you're telling the girls the same thing. I know this is... hitting all of them pretty hard. There's only so much I can say to them before they'll probably start tuning me out.
[ a joke. ]
But it means something. [ ... ] Do you worry about that sometimes? Saying things and people not taking them for what they are.
I do everything I can for them, the same way that they do everything they can for me. They're my important friends too.
[ but he smiles faintly before thinking about the question ]
... I think so. Ramiel and I talked about it a little bit, because she didn't believe I really loved everyone. And I do... even though I love differently with each relationship.
There are people I do love more because they're my closest friends or things like that... but I want to believe that what I feel for everyone on a base level really is love, at least as I understand it.
Good. I'm glad. [ thank you for being kind to friends. but then he keeps talking and gabriel's leaning on their elbow, assessing yves as if trying to decide if it's all true or not. ]
I think love is one of those things people feel differently, so it's hard to gauge other people's and you just have to take a chance and believe them when they say it. I don't think it's that wrong or different to have different ways to love people. You're always going to have people you know better and have had more time or energy to love than others. Doesn't always mean you love other people less, it's just... different amounts and different ways of showing it.
Can you ever really have a blanket answer for any emotions? I feel like everything is circumstantial. Kinda like this place. People have the potential to be good, but in varying degrees? Same with being bad. I can sort of see why God designed this trial the way they did.
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So. I'm gonna be honest, I actually don't know Neverah. [ which is probably why they aren't entirely torn up about what happened, outside of being unnerved it happened again. ] But three times is impressively bad.
[ the way they say this seems to be kind of light and neutral, giving yves a chance to decide to stick with this topic or steer somewhere else. ]
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Three times for a trial? Yeah.
[ just. plainly ]
And more on the way, apparently. You might see me here on Saturdays a lot.
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[ their drinks are served up in no time. ]
And as much as I don't mind seeing you, I can't say those aren't unfortunate circumstances to drive you here. Guess I'll work on curating the menu in the meantime then.
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but to respond after a moment ]
You're always working hard, Gabriel. The system as a whole isn't any of your faults, but I really do appreciate what you and the others do to try to take care of us.
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I don't know if I'd call this working hard. [ a gesture to the bar. ] But... you're welcome. The girls are doing everything they can with God, and if I can be back-up support for them that's what I'll do. The system's a mess. [ they sip their drink. ] Last I heard, God's pretty pissed this is happening at all since it throws off their whole plan. Not to mention they're having trouble locating the lost souls. It's good to know they aren't officially gone, but that only helps so much. The most we can do while God focuses on that is try to take care of all of you the best we can. Indulge a little, make sure you're staying on the right path, all of that.
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[ he nods, even if there's just the slightest bit of tension at the mention of trouble locating lost souls. his adolphe. but he takes a second, a breath, and then looks back up at gabriel ]
Trying counts. It has to. And... you're all doing great, at least from where I'm standing.
So I hope that means at least a little something.
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I hope you're right. Trying's... sometimes all we have. [ we the people, not just we the heavenly npcs. ] Make sure you're telling the girls the same thing. I know this is... hitting all of them pretty hard. There's only so much I can say to them before they'll probably start tuning me out.
[ a joke. ]
But it means something. [ ... ] Do you worry about that sometimes? Saying things and people not taking them for what they are.
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[ but he smiles faintly before thinking about the question ]
... I think so. Ramiel and I talked about it a little bit, because she didn't believe I really loved everyone. And I do... even though I love differently with each relationship.
There are people I do love more because they're my closest friends or things like that... but I want to believe that what I feel for everyone on a base level really is love, at least as I understand it.
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Good. I'm glad. [ thank you for being kind to friends. but then he keeps talking and gabriel's leaning on their elbow, assessing yves as if trying to decide if it's all true or not. ]
I think love is one of those things people feel differently, so it's hard to gauge other people's and you just have to take a chance and believe them when they say it. I don't think it's that wrong or different to have different ways to love people. You're always going to have people you know better and have had more time or energy to love than others. Doesn't always mean you love other people less, it's just... different amounts and different ways of showing it.
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Exactly! You get it! It's like that.
To love everyone, but to still have different relationships with each person. It's not like it's just a blanket answer... that's not really love.
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[ does not answer the second part. ]