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[YEAH HE DOES IT'S AFFECTION WEEK!!! he will get head patted and slump against Lucas in gratitude, and also get baptized somehow,]

I'm just feeling real affectionate today... Maybe it's cause of you?

[rescues the end of lucas's braid from the sweet lamb trying to nibble at it]

Thank you, dear. [FOR THE BRAID SAVE... ALSO STOP TRYING TO GET BAPTIZED. He will just switch from patting to gently petting his head after he slumps.]

I think you're attributing a bit too much to me.

Maybe this is what they call 'natural' charm.....

[the lamb looks adoringly at lucas.... clearly agreeing]

[The lamb can continue to have some nice gentle headpats... Don't eat his braid again.......]

Is this what they call "like recognizing like"? [u natural charmer u] Though I'm afraid you may simply being overly-kind to me.

[um... it can't make any promises but it will try not to.... eats the edge of his sleeve instead,]

Maybe... but I also have a pretty good eye for people.

[he doesn't know lucas is a serial killer]

Do you have a lot of friends back home?

[NOT HIS SLEEVE. Stops giving Lavi pets so he can rescue his sleeve my god. Also he can't be faulted, who would look at this angelic face and think serial killer........]

Ah, do you? It must come in handy, then. [I AKI AM SAD HES TOO POLITE TO MAKE A ONE EYE JOKE. Then, a little teasingly:]

I have enough friends that I'm comfortable. Is that a unit of measurement for you?

[SCIEN WOULD DEPENDING ON HIS CANONPOINT]

It is… if you define what makes you comfortable.

[EVEN SCIEN DOESN'T KNOW UNTIL HE'S SCOOBY DOO UNMASKED IT'S FINE.]

Even the company of one is comfortable if you share a warm companionship. [SAID WITH A BEATIFIC SMILE.......] But I do have a fair few.

[HIS BEATIFIC SMILE...]

What are they like? Are any of them like Kanda?

[no that's scien]

[HIS BEATIFIC SMILE. He ruffles Lavi's hair gently.]

You really are insatiably curious.

[hair ruffled.... he peers at Lucas]

Is that your nice way of calling me annoying?

I don't find you annoying, dear.

[pets you pets you pets you]

[

hugs him]

[HE MAKES A LITTLE SOUND OF SURPRISE but it's affection week so he will gently... pat Lavi's back...]

What's this for...?

[SQUEEZES....!!!]

It's a warm companionship comfortable company hug.

[THAT'S TOO MANY C WORDS]

Or a friend hug for short. Just like the hugs all your friends give ya, the friends I still wanna know about!

[WHAT THE HELL IS THIS THAT'S SO FUNNY. HELP. Lavi is such a doof he can't help but laugh.]

A friend hug, is it? [Gives Lavi a friend hug BACK!! And then pats his head again for good measure.] Why don't we trade, then? I'll tell you about one of my friends if you tell me about one of yours.

[HE'S SO STUPID..... he hug-squeezes Lucas one more time before letting go,]

Mmm... Alright.

[if he must do this to learn lucas lore (non serial killer) then he will!!!]

I'll tell you about Lenalee. She's an Exorcist too, 'bout two years younger than me, but she's been one since she was a kid. She's got one of the biggest hearts of anyone I've met -- she treats everyone at the Order as part of her family, and she'll fight till the end of the world to save 'em.

[he hmms, then]

She keeps going, even after the Church took her from her brother and made her fight on the front lines. Even though we lose people every day. She's never stopped fighting. ...Makes me wish she didn't have to live that way, even though she's proved she can.

[Patpats his head one last time!! And then listens to the Lenalee lore... Wow what evil church would separate a brother and sister like that and make one sibling keep fighting on the front lines that's just wild.]

She sounds like a very strong person... [Said more with sympathy than admiration, though.] I can understand wishing for a better way of living for someone like that, especially if the two of you are close.

[From description alone, she sounds like a kind soul!! Someone who deserves a nice life!!]

...I'm afraid I don't really have a full picture of what you mean when you speak of the Order or Exorcists, though.

[Gentle prompting...]

[YEAH... WHAT EVIL CHURCH WOULD DO THAT....... THINK ABOUT IT LUCAS.........

Lavi squints at Lucas like he knows what he's doing, but he also relents... for now]

The Black Order's an organization under the Church, created to fight the Millennium Earl and his army of Akuma. Thing is, only one material in the world can destroy Akuma, and that's Innocence -- and Innocence chooses its wielder. So even if it's not your decision, the Church takes you in and trains you to become an Exorcist.

...Without Exorcists, the Akuma will keep killing humans and the Earl will keep preying on humans to make more Akuma. So we're basically the only line of defense the world has.

[He ignores the squint. He does not see it...........

But it's fine because now he's genuinely distracted by how HORRIBLE this all sounds.]

...Are Akuma like demons? [Thinking back to what Karlach had said earlier, about how Kanda had pretty much attacked her on sight like a MANIAC.] If so, it sounds like your world is in a very scary state, indeed. Being selected against your will to fight such an enemy must surely put enormous amounts of pressure on a person.

[DON'T IGNORE HIS SQUINT!!! HE'S GONNA CIRCLE BACK TO YOU!!!! unfortunately he's also cursed by his bookman jr tendencies to always talk about Lore even though i want to explode him,

it's rare to hear someone think this -- about how the Exorcist must feel, and not about the myriad of other things, like how they're chosen by God to help save the world, or how they're near divine for the responsibilities they carry. it reminds Lavi that it really has been a while since he's met someone not affiliated with the Order, and now here he is with a whole town full.]

We all have different ways of coping. Like fighting to protect loved ones, or wanting to save the Akuma.

[which is wild but that's allen for ya]

They are demons, but they're victims too. The Earl promises to bring back someone you've lost in a new body -- the Akuma skeleton, and people say yes because they want to see their loved one again. Only the soul gets trapped in there instead, and then they're ordered to kill the person who called for them.

[STOP DON'T EXPLODE HIM WE'VE HAD ENOUGH EXPLOSIONS

Hilarious that he's out here being the opposite of the Church and people who worship the Church when he is just part of another, different church cult. But! It really does feel like something that would be a huge burdne to an outsider.]

Ah... [Well he'd been about to ask why anyone would want to save the Akuma BUT SURE GUESS THAT DOES IT.] ...Then, they're in a situation similar to us, are they not? Being trapped inside of themselves, harming others against their will...

AKI IS TUTORIAL AGAIN

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