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[ How... does she say this... ]

But explosions have elements.

[ Kazuya, you can't just leave her high and dry like this. She needs to know??? She actually looks disappointed that she can't understand what this ~almighty~ magic is supposed to be. ]

I don't get it.

Like I said, it's hard to explain. It's a blinding bright white light, searing pain that isn't really like anything you've ever felt. Or... you can use it to even steal other people's life force or magical ability with.

If I really had to categorize it further... it's something that attacks your very being, rather than your body?

I see.

[ With that explanation, it sort of makes sense! Not entirely! But right now? She wonders what she can do with it. With her Aura and that combined, she'd definitely be able to do all sorts of things that she could never do before.

She stares at him for a good long while, not saying anything. It looks like there is something else she wants to say, but she also hasn't figured out how to even say it.

Because how do you even ask if they would play that game again without the playing the game part? ]

[ One day he'll have a better way to describe it... he doesn't know, he just uses it! And has been hit by it.

It feels like taking a mac truck to the soul in most cases, quite frankly. ]

Any... other questions?

[ Because it looks like she still wants to maybe ask something. Probably about some kind of other spell? ]

Yes. One.

[ Here it is, Kazuya. She's going to ask a question and expect no follow-up questions, no questions as answers. ]

But you have to answer with a yes or no, and you can't ask anything about why I'm asking. Got it?

Wow... That sounds a little ominous. But sure, okay. I'll bite.

[Only a yes or no response?? Surely he can deal.]

[ Shut up, Kazuya!! She is doing her best here. ]

Is the contract going to include anything else? I don't know- like... what happened just a while ago.

[ Don't make her say it!! And he's not allowed to, since he can't ask any questions, anyway. He can figure it out! And she sure hopes he will. The way her cheeks have turned as red as cherries once again should at least give him a hint. ]

[Kazuya opens his mouth.

Closes his mouth.

She told him a yes or no answer, and saying "If that's what you want" is not a yes or no answer! So instead he just sort of watches her a little more intently... Notes the blush.

She did seem to enjoy what he did. Surely she wouldn't have even brought it up if she wasn't interested, at least a little? And... It hadn't been terrible for him either, in any capacity.]

Yes...?

[He tries, hoping it isn't the wrong answer.]

[ It most certainly was the right answer!

But it looks like it was the wrong one with how she's pouting, her hands balling into fists on her lap. ]

...

[ He's a horndog. ]

I'll think about it.

Okay.

[ He really, really wants to ask, but she did say he's not allowed to. But with the way she's pouting he just feels kinda bad, like he did, in fact, make the wrong choice. ]

... It doesn't have to, though?

What? What are you talking about?

[ No, Kazuya. Please understand. This girl just. Can't say what she wants out loud!!!! ]

If you don't want the contract to include anything like that, it doesn't have to.

[ He clarifies, slowly. This is probably going to get him yelled at, she did say he wasn't allowed to ask questions! Then again, this is more him making a statement. ]

I said I would think about it!

[ Don't make her repeat herself again! Now she's just getting so huffy. If she were the type to puff her cheeks, she would be doing it right now. ]

[ Yeah, he had a feeling it would happen. So instead he just stands up to very politely hand her brush back to her. Though- ]

Do you want me to finish brushing your hair out? I've done it for a friend of mine before.

[ Granted, Yuzu's was much shorter. ]

[ She doesn't take the brush, especially with an offer like that. Instead, she turns around, so it's her back facing him. ]

You'll have to hold onto the hair you're brushing to make sure you really get it. You won't get the tangles off otherwise.

[ Palm facing up and all. She's got a lot of hair, after all. ]

I know.

[But her hair is quite long, but at least she keeps good care of it. It makes brushing out the tangles far easier!

Also, it helps him work out his own nervous energy, because he's still trying to figure out what it is he's going to be doing here. He's already complied with the wants of this place, so he guesses there's... that.

A wish doesn't sound so bad. Maybe he can really use it back home for something good. Even if the way to get said wish is a little awkward.]

.... You take pretty good care of your body.

[ It may not be obvious that she can be quite vain, given how she looks so cheap with what she got from the department store, and the scar on her face. She likes to look pretty, Kazuya!

While it should be a compliment, it's a little weird to hear from someone who just saw you completely naked. ]

Thanks, I think?

[ Is she supposed to compliment him to? God forbid Weiss Schnee says something nice. She watches him from his reflection in the mirror. ]

Do you not do that?

It was a compliment.

[Just so she's sure.]

And I guess not more so than anyone else? I don't use any special products, or anything, and no special body sprays or colognes.... But I guess I also don't really have to anymore. I'm stuck looking like I do now for probably eternity.

Seriously?

[ It's not about him using special products or anything, but him being stuck looking like that. That's... interesting? Sort of. ]

If you have healing magic, can't you heal those scars of yours? I mean, if you didn't want to keep them, anyway.

I could, yeah. But they're sort of...

[Hm. How to explain...?]

They're the last things I have that prove I was human at some point. It kind of feels wrong to get rid of them, like if I did, then I might forget, or something.

[He doubts he could, at least in the now, but what about in a hundred years? A thousand? When his mind will probably start to go, considering what he is? There's no way he can stay as he is, at least mentally, for time eternal.]

[ That certainly earns some respect. While Weiss can't relate to not being human, she can relate about... being human! ]

I think I understand. You've seen mine.

[ She has her own scars, after all. While she doesn't know how he truly feels about his own scars beyond what he's said, the ones on her body are reminders of who she was and who she's become. They're worth keeping. ]

Do you think you'd lose that part of you? I mean, I'm sure... you still have a part of you that's human, right?

[ She highly doubts you can throw that away so easily. ]

[Very carefully, he keeps his expression neutral.]

I shouldn't have anything human left of me. If I did, I would have died, since humans can't survive in the demon realm.

[He says, with a slow shake of his head, continuing to brush her hair.]

I guess what I meant to say was if you're still capable of feeling human emotions.

[ Because it sounds like it to her? Who knows what demons really are like, though. If they're capable of compassion and empathy, all that stuff. ]

Ah, yeah. I am, thankfully. But I wouldn't say humans are the only ones capable of feeling emotions to begin with. Some demons have... A lot of them, honestly.

[He's thinking about you, Black Frost.

Though that might have mostly been Midori's influence.]

And some keep those emotions far more hidden. Pretty much demons and humans are the same, like that.

[ Hm! She's learning. ]

Huh, who would have thought? I would have imagined demons just wanted to eat souls and destroy things.

[ It certainly seems that way in fiction. ]

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