Host: "Well, Ghostblade, if you would please introduce yourself?"
GB: ". . ."
Host: "Oh right, this... interview might be difficult..."
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@The_PerfectHero π±- Still with Treeman? -
He's not surprised. Rather, Ghostblade is astonished that he's giving the other hero enough thought to remember him. That means he cares.
On the other hand, the younger one in front of him doesn't look well.
π±- What's your duty now? Patrol? -
@The_PerfectHero π±- I am an assassin. Feelings of any kind hinder the performance of my duties. -
Ghostblade studies Nice, his posture, his movements, but above all, what he doesn't reveal amidst all his perfection.
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@_TheRebelHero_ that the slices should all be the same thickness.
π±- I can get you a cake, but if you smear the cream between the slices, you'll just be back to vegetables. Now practice. Two hours should be enough to start with. Try chopping. It's too early for precision. -
@_TheRebelHero_ The first "here" is a simple slash right through the zucchini, but he's slicing it. Rough, brutal, without elegance or finesse. Then he takes the single piece of the vegetable and begins to slice. Quickly, almost silently, and so precisely+
@_TheRebelHero_ Depending on what his knife-making apprentice chooses, he places either a thick piece of pork neck or a zucchini as thick as his arm on a board and hands him one of his large kitchen knives.
π±- Show me how you cut. -
@_TheRebelHero_ π±- Sure. -
Ghostblade leaves Nine standing by the dollhouse and goes into the kitchen. He looks in the fridge. Then he returns and waves to Nine to come over.
π±- Meat or vegetables? -
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@_TheRebelHero_ If there's nothing to do, he does nothing until that changes. It's not boring. It... just is.
But Ghostblade isn't good with feelings, nor with recognizing their absence. So he takes the only option left:
π±- I enjoy the peace and quiet. You seem to prefer it louder. -
@_TheRebelHero_ Ghostblade lowers his gaze, not with shame or sadness. He's thinking. He's weighing the options. Why is he never bored? The right answer would probably be because he feels almost nothing. His life simply passes him by, and he does what needs to be done.
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@_TheRebelHero_ Just like it did with his own daughter.
Is he not a good father?
But Nine's question distracts him, because it confuses him. He doesn't understand.
π±- I'm never bored. -
@_TheRebelHero_ The fact that he has another gift for someone who calls him father, and it's inappropriate again, hits the assassin harder than he could have imagined. Because it actually triggers a feeling in him. Something that makes his stomach churn and his chest tighten.
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@The_PerfectHero π±- I obeyed, and yet they still tried to eliminate me during the ruins incident. -
Ghostblase's eyes narrowed, and the usually emotionless assassin's hands twitched briefly.
π±- That's why I terminated my contract with Mighty Glory. I'm still a Rank 4 hero. -
@The_PerfectHero π±- No. But it turns you into a tool devoid of any morals. -
He lets this answer sink in for a moment.
π±- And you still won't rise in their favor. They'll want to get rid of you as soon as you become useless or a nuisance. They don't care about you. No exceptions. -
@_TheRebelHero_ Then he gestures for Nine to wait and enters the room he'd forbidden the younger one to see. It takes a moment, but finally he comes out with something: a wooden dollhouse with tiny furniture and dolls. Most of it is pink. He puts it on the table next to Nine.
@_TheRebelHero_ π±- I don't know. -
Ghostblade never goes to places like that. He looks around his apartment. It's modernly furnished, and the technology is on the higher end, but he doesn't own a game console or anything like that.
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@_TheRebelHero_ And people celebrate him as a hero, this murderer. But then he says - writes - things like this:
π±- What do you plan to do now? More small games with your grenades? I hope you're not scaring the innocent population with them. -
@_TheRebelHero_ π±- Pay me and I'll do it if you ever change your mind. -
Cold-blooded. A murderer without morals. That's Ghostblade. He discusses ending a life like others discuss their weekly grocery shopping. He doesn't even flinch, as if he has no feelings.
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