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[survivra]

Are the women in this world and your own given as much opportunity to defend themselves as the men?

[ she doesn't wait for any answers, giving a humorless snort of laughter at the locket before continuing. it's not a directly related addition to her question, but it's certainly on the same train of thought: ]

Ridiculous that those already holding power are given the privilege of training to the highest levels of their skills, but those most in need of it are left to rely on the protection of others.

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[chaoticwhimsy]

Oh, it's not a lie. [Lumina giggles.] Believe me, I would know. Buuuuut see, we can't just all magically go to the new world, you know? I mean, I don't think I get to go at all.

[She hesitates, then shakes her head.]

But it's souls going, not bodies. Millions and millions of them! And maybe the last few thousand people still alive too, if they're lucky. Once they die.

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[survivra]

[ reflexively, almost unaware she's doing it, katsa uses the hand that's not holding her locket to rub one of her ears. ]

It isn't funny. Death.

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[chaoticwhimsy]

Oh, it can be. Anything can be funny if you do it right. Or wrong. [She snickers.]

But I'm not talking about right or wrong. It just...was. Is. I guess was. I've been here a while, Gran Pulse is probably long gone by now.

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[survivra]

A mind that laughs at death is something to fear, child.

[ there's a long, awkward silence. ]

I'm sorry. About your world.

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[chaoticwhimsy]

If you can't laugh at it, you'll just cry all the time.

Eh. [Lumina offers up a nonchalance she doesn't really feel.] Better it than me, right?

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[survivra]

[ katsa shrugs ]

I've seen plenty of death but done little of either. But maybe I'm not the best person to know.

[ she peers closer at lumina ]

It's no easy thing to lose what you know. But you're alive and mostly safe, and that's important.

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[chaoticwhimsy]

I was gonna lose it anyway. I guess I was just used to it. [No she wasn't. It terrified her. But now she has a new world, which helps a lot.]

[She giggles though.] Mostly safe, huh? Not counting the war?

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[survivra]

[ katsa rolls her eyes ]

Not counting the war. I'd assumed that was obvious, with the decision to put us in it without first asking or explaining. But if there's a shred of truth in what Queen Morla had to say, maybe your world can be saved after all.

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[chaoticwhimsy]

[Lumina shrugs.] Maybe, but I doubt it. I mean, Gran Pulse is already pretty much dead. It was a giant, giant world, and there's just a couple islands left!

Probably not worth saving. The royals saved the chocobos though!