catch-all for madoka.

[selfimmolates]

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[selfimmolates]

And this weekend has just made that worse, right?

[frilly]

Yeah... They keep getting into trouble. And they don't tell me anything, so I can't help.

B-but, um, it seems like they have lots of other friends looking out for them too, so... That's good.

[selfimmolates]

... Does it hurt?

[frilly]

No! No, of course not!

[ . . . ]

[selfimmolates]

[he stares like he doesn't believe that.]

[frilly]

I want my friends to have friends...! And, you know, everyone is allowed to have secrets, there's nothing wrong with that!

[selfimmolates]

So you're saying it doesn't sting that they won't rely on you?

[frilly]

... Maybe.

But they're not - they don't have to. No one has done anything wrong.

[selfimmolates]

They don't have to, no. Still... have you ever told them about how you feel?

[frilly]

. . .

[selfimmolates]

... Do you ever talk about your feelings?

[asks ray, who never talks about his feelings, but.]

[frilly]

I talk about my feelings all the time...!

[selfimmolates]

Non-mushy feelings.

[frilly]

I think this is a hard enough time without them having to worry about something like that.

[selfimmolates]

They're going through a rough time, and that's exactly why they need to learn to depend on others.

[frilly]

[ that just makes her feel bad again because what if it's her own fault that they aren't depending on her... so she just defaults to something positive to try and end that track of conversation. ]

... Everything is going to be okay.

[selfimmolates]

I can tell that's your default "let's not talk about it anymore" response, for the record.

But whatever, fine. Learn anything new?

[frilly]

[ madoka laughs... caught her... but then shakes her head. ]

I don't feel like I have. What about you?

[selfimmolates]

Some stuff, I guess. But a lot of it's being made public nowadays.

[frilly]

I think that's better. If we were all able to just share what we knew, we could work together.

[selfimmolates]

The issue is trust, though. We'll only publicly talk about what won't hurt us, personally.

[frilly]

[ flashbacks to madoka announcing her alignment in front of everyone ]

... Yeah, that's true. And - I can't really blame anyone for being cautious like that, either.

[selfimmolates]

[yeah uh]

... You seem to have less qualms about it, though. No wonder you were with Sincerity.

[frilly]

I'd like to win, but it's okay if I don't.

And like I said, I have to switch factions, anyway.

[selfimmolates]

... Have fun with Cunning, if he's going to be your choice. You being with him should be... interesting.