01. Primus | Video

[5thchild]

[Kaworu comes to the screen with a kind and gentle smile.]

Hello. I'm looking for a piano or a violin. I'm not sure where I can find one; not to buy - I simply wish to play for a while.

[and now that is out of the way, he wishes to ask something else]

I do have another question. Are you happy?

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[5thchild]

Happy enough so you forget the pain.

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[faints]

I guess...yes, then? I don't think about it a lot. Most of the time it's just...nice.

It's only when bad things happens in this place that I really feel bad.

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[5thchild]

I'm glad.

Do you enjoy this place?

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[faints]

...I don't know about the place. I think it's more the people I've met. This world's a little to dangerous for me to really like.

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[5thchild]

Have you met people you care for?

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[faints]

Well yeah, of course! I care about all my friends.

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[5thchild]

I'm glad they are able to bring you happiness.

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[faints]

What about you? You're new...right? Have you made many friends yet?

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[5thchild]

[kaworu shakes his head softly]

It's fine if I don't.

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[faints]

Wh--really?? No way! Everyone needs at least one friend...

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[5thchild]

I do have someone I love. And I have met others. I am fine just like this.

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[faints]

[ He looks a bit surprised at the mention of love and it certainly does work to subdue his surprise, but he still looks a little unsure ]

Friends are still important, I think...

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[5thchild]

"Friend" implies reciprocation. Which I am fine without.

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[faints]

Reciprocation...? [ He knows the word, just not what Kaworu means in this context :c ]

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[5thchild]

Someone you love, that loves you back.

It's a friend, isn't it?

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[faints]

Um...love might be a bit strong for friends... But it's like that, yeah.

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[5thchild]

Strong?

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[faints]

Well love is usually for the person you...love, right? Or your family. People usually say "like" when they talk about friends.

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[5thchild]

Love is love. Lilim always try to define it, but its meaning doesn't change.

Your friends. Don't you want to make them happy, to make them feel like they have someone to hold on to, someone who cares for them and wants them to feel glad to be alive?

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[faints]

Well...I mean... [ It's still a bit embarrassing to think of things that way for him. Seems kinda mushy ]

Of course I do.

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[5thchild]

What do you call that?

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[faints]

Well...friendship?

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[5thchild]

Because there is a need to define everything, but one thing is certain, it's love. Just with a different name.

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[faints]

Alright so then...what did you mean about reciprocation?

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[5thchild]

It means I don't need to be loved back.