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[centralfiction]

[Hey, Dan Heng. You know how you just be saying shit without context in a text? Well here's context but some rando behind it. Well "rando" but he's the only asshole here with Nope as a username and he seemed to know Something as shown in the "Zodiac" post but he also saw this dude reply to Blade worried and he did not mcfreaking want to deal with Kafka, so.]

You know Blade, right?

[A delay, as he was only working with one hand right now.]

How is he?

[heng_like_a_dragon]

[Oh. This is new. Considering this guy knows Blade and seems to be sincerely worried, Dan Heng decides to extend some trust to him.]

Yes, I know him. I'm staying with him at the moment.

He's doing a little better today. Yesterday, he told me he was going to fight my cousin and my second to last past life, and then passed out.

[The look on Dan Heng's face right now as he recounts this.]

1/2

[centralfiction]

[bruh.]

[centralfiction]

[Geez, he knew the guy was kind of insane but goddamn. Also, "second-to-last past life"? Hello?

Know what? Not his problem.]

Right. Uh-huh. Yeah.

I'm guessing you know about his little "problem". But if he's better... that's good.

[heng_like_a_dragon]

He's told me, yes. Not that he had much choice in the matter.

Better but no less a danger to himself and others at the moment. It's why I'm here. To make sure he doesn't lose control.

[centralfiction]

Alright. Maybe you'll get lucky and he won't lose it but if he does, get the hell away quick.

[Ragna was extremely unaware of who he was talking with and only spoke from the perspective of someone who knew how dangerous demons and spirits were.

Honestly he thinks this guy's just as out of his mind for wanting to trifle with one but they're gonna be trifling until they find a way out either way. Lose-Lose situation.]

[heng_like_a_dragon]

I'm used to running away from him.

[There is. No further context to that.]

[centralfiction]

[????????????????]

what the fu

[that's it that's the end of the text. No wonder this guy knew Blade are they both 50 shades of fucking insane??]

[heng_like_a_dragon]

[...?

Is...

Is Ragna asking for context? Dan Heng will assume Ragna is asking for context.]

Suffice it to say, he was a man driven to insanity and chased me across the universe in our past lives.

It was messy, complicated, and there was a lack of communication due to several extenuating circumstances, one of which being the aforementioned insanity.

In this life, we have been much luckier in that we were able to talk things through. He has regained enough of my trust.

[centralfiction]

[...God. No wonder Blade made a memory at the back of Ragna's mind twitch. Having it spelled out just made the crazed glee echo in his mind.

A voice, from family but not. "Long time no see... BROTHER...!"
Another, from his own mouth but not. "I will NEVER forgive you...!"

Straight out of Jin's mouth... "Jin". Not this life's Jin. He was way too old. Way too confident... and the memory stemmed from so much resentment and hatred. That was not Ragna's little brother. Not "this" Ragna's little brother. But from being driven to madness to lack of communication that Ragna never considered in this life or the last it made him ache.

God, what a stupid bastard this guy. There's a delay longer than normal, he's heard enough he didn't need Dan Heng to go further lest he find how goddamn deep this rabbit hole went.]

Whatever you guys are or do in this life is your problem, not mine. If the guy's got someone around to keep his head on straight that's all I need to know.

[heng_like_a_dragon]

[Hm....]

Noted.

[Dan Heng's so good at this. Good talk, boys, good talk.]

[centralfiction]

✅ Read

[Good talk.

But it was a genuine load off his back.]