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[Back in his very fine blue coat, and pleased as punch, Break takes a moment to spin his tophat idly before setting it on his head. Nothing like familiarity to make a nasty winter a little nicer.]

My goodness. I feel I should twirl.

[Because really, it's a very fine coat, and he's missed it. He does take a half step, letting it flare.]

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Oh! I've seen those. I thought they were land dwellers.

Sometimes. Other times they hide in the river and wait for someone to get too close. I'll show you the scars sometime.

[They're awful. Seriously.]

Really? I've never seen them attack a person.

They... do. The claws can crush bone.

If Bran hadn't have been there, it would have been bad.

I don't know Bran.

Bran Cornick. He's been gone a long time. Over a year.

I'm not even sure when it happened. Things get jumbled sometimes... but he was a very good man. He carried me back to the clinic.

[Al's voice breaks a little there, a bit embarrassed.]

Was he the-

The-?

Your friend you were telling me about.

Oh -- no, no. That's not him.

Just curious.

It's... complicated. And I'm not sure how you'd feel about it.

You needn't. You owe me no explanations.

I know. I think that's why I tell you things at all.

That makes no sense, Alphonse.

[Pulling off his tophat.]

Part of human nature is the fact that things we decide on our own, rather than obligations, are more attractive.

[He seems mildly taken aback, but-]

I suppose.

But it also breaks down into commitment to things we've decided on our own, promises we've made to ourselves, and it gets complicated.

Psychology isn't mechanical or always logical.

Do people usually come clamouring to you for justifications?

Oh- [He has to laugh, surprised.] No.

I just... it's something of a hobby. Trying to understand why people do the things they do.

[A useful hobby, when he befriends people like Yuca.]

And entertaining, no doubt.

Not really.

Oh?

Some parts are nice, like getting things right. It makes it easier to talk to people sometimes. But it's not a game to me.

People aren't games. They're... [He gesticulates, making the feed make indistinct noises as it's move.] ... hearts.

Oh, are we?

[Not quite laughing.]

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