09. Nonus | Video

[5thchild]

[ Kaworu shows up to the network with his familiar smile. What isn’t familiar, it’s his plugsuit and the headset (it’s better than showing up naked). He is currently in front of the castle, which means he is back from his canon update. ]

Hello. I have been in Asgard before, but I’m not sure how long it has been since I left. [ or who is around ] I’m still in Sigyn House and I still have my healing power. [ since he can’t grow anything, by exclusion, he gets the Healing ]

[ there is a pause, as he looks around, perhaps trying to figure out where to go. In the end, he heads towards Odin District, turning to the bracelet one last time and smiling brightly ] It’s good to be back.

[ he does like this place, a lot. And with a smile, he finally turns off the video ]

Comments

[Voice]

[linkedtogod]

Not so well-behaved. However, I am still in one piece. [ All his fingers are still intact, see? ]

Myself? Fine. [ It was just quiet. While it wasn't as if he spoke a lot to people, the absence of a presence was a greater quietness. ] Walker was gone for a while; he returned a few days earlier than you.

[Voice]

[5thchild]

That's good. [ it is. That cat is probably the devil and people still haven't noticed that. ]

I'm glad you- [ a pause. Allen is back?

But.

Ah, no, this is-

He is actually happy to hear that. And he shouldn't be since he knows Allen wants to return to his world and not be here. ]

... I see.

[Voice]

[linkedtogod]

[ Even demon cats miss the hand that feeds them. ]

...was there something I missed, Nagisa? [ Your pause. Somehow, it feels like Kaworu knows something he does not. ]

[Voice]

[5thchild]

No, there isn't.

[ it's not about something you have missed, Link. It's about the way Kaworu is.

Either way- ]

How have things been, in Asgard? [ about the war and about the God people wish to save ]

[Voice]

[linkedtogod]

Things seem to be fairly normal, as far as I can tell. No progress on the war.

[Voice]

[5thchild]

I hope you weren't too lonely in the house. Since we were gone, suddenly.

[Voice]

[linkedtogod]

It was mostly unexpected, because neither of you had your names left on the list.

[Voice]

[5thchild]

We don't choose when to leave and when to return. Nor we are warned when such is going to happen.

[ a small pause ]

I wish we did.

[Voice]

[linkedtogod]

You wanted to return here?

[Voice]

[5thchild]

It doesn't matter to me if I'm returned or not. My time will come and I will be returned then.

[Voice]

[linkedtogod]

You're complacent with fate?

[Voice]

[5thchild]

With mine.

[Voice]

[linkedtogod]

That is surprising. Most people are not.

[Voice]

[5thchild]

Are you?

[Voice]

[linkedtogod]

I believe no one is bound to one fate.

[Voice]

[5thchild]

And yet people define their lives as if it's their fate.

[Voice]

[linkedtogod]

I think because they don't know better.

[Voice]

[5thchild]

Sometimes, they are too afraid to know better.

[Voice]

[linkedtogod]

Too afraid to remove themselves from fate?

[Voice]

[5thchild]

Too afraid to learn there is much more than what they already see.

[Voice]

[linkedtogod]

Some people, yes.

What about yourself?

[Voice]

[5thchild]

I don't feel fear. I accept everything as it is.

But souls like mine do have a fate they must follow. There is no rest for us.

[Voice]

[linkedtogod]

Souls like yours? What sort of fate is that?

[Voice]

[5thchild]

I am born to meet one person and I am destined to die for him.

[ the last part is somewhat an assumption. Kaworu knows he can't live in the same world as Shinji. But the circumstances that will lead to his death, he can't be certain. He only knows he will die soon after he meets Shinji. ]

[Voice]

[linkedtogod]

Oh. [ pause. ] Have you told me this before?

[ It's just... ]

Are you dying for someone you never met?