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one day ill have images prepared

[oof. well. fair's fair.

she does tense at the name, her tail flicking angrily back and forth. but.]

... My old boss. [she says, glancing away.]

[it's very clear body language, and yet Lavi follows it up with another question,]

...The one who conscripted you?

Yeah, that's the one. Sold me out.

[she sounds more pissed than anything.]

[he narrows his single eye at this... this feels familiar?]

...They made you fight and then betrayed you?

Worked for him for years. I was his bodyguard until I wasn't.

[silence for a moment.]

Ten years ago, now.

[lavi would not call himself an expert on relationships, but time is vital for all of them. he looks her way]

...Did he ever say why?

Not exactly.

I figured it out eventually. He was in line to be the Archduke, so - I figure whatever deal he made, it was me for that power.

Hope it wasn't worth it. [(bugs bunny voice) i wish you a very good die] He can get the bottom rung if he likes climbing up ladders so much.

[she laughs at that!]

He hasn't got much climbing to do at all now, thankfully. He's dead.