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[After some time has passed Levi's voice filters across the network, accompanied by the only visual he can provide at this point: a top-down view of his now only partially tattooed hand.

He'll keep this brief:]

Looks like my little stowaway from the Grid can clean this shit up too. It takes a minute, but it's painless-- [a pause as the aforementioned stowaway floats toward Levi's face for its close-up, glowing a faint white and puffed proudly in all its pokey glory until he shoos it off to the side with a huff] Knock it off-- ...The Bit doesn't care what they say, and neither do I.

I'm not hard to find-- [Here he gives the general location of the building he's created, which by now is a bit better suited for company- there will be a pot of non-nourishing tea waiting on an end table for anyone stopping by for Bit-laser tattoo removal.

And the public portion almost ends there, but before Levi changes his psychic filter:]

...Tell me where you are if you can't make it out here. I'll find you, I guess.

[The rest is private, directed to Erwin in particular and as neutral as Levi can manage given the circumstances:]

You too.


[[ooc: Handwave, chat, go to him, have him come to you... Anything is good by me, including newbies asking for info if they haven't gotten the welcome speech yet. Dat vet thing. He can probably do that now.]]

Comments

[shiroganeheir]

That, and the way he has treated me. The entire time, he has treated me as an ally, and has been up front with me about things. When I spoke to him on the phone, he greeted me with respect and enthusiasm. It is possible that I am simply used to just being a tool, or a means to an end, but it is something that is impactful to me. Also, the Sun card itself is one of honesty and forthrightness.

[She shrugs. It is difficult to truly explain, especially this far after the fact, how much it has meant to her, and how it, for once, pinged her emotions as well as her intellect.]

From what he has said, and from what I have heard from others, the Trumps need us. If they did not, why would they keep resurrecting us when we die? If all we were to them were pawns, they would not put so much into keeping us around. They would find new people to work with. I realize it is complicated and unpopular, but I do believe there is more to it than most people wish to see.

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I remember that, from the class. [And he thought it was bullshit, too, but... Being incautious isn't the same as being stupid, and he actually sort of trusts Naoto's judgement, the same way he does Hange's back home. Even things like that that he doesn't necessarily like.

He sighs, watching the Bit chomp around the Sun's mark with a slight frown.]

And I don't know if I agree with it, but I don't understand why they do anything they do at all... So if you think this is a way to figure it out- [As uncomfortable as the idea makes him, his own method hasn't exactly been bearing much fruit, here. And not just in dealing with the Trumps. BUT THAT'S DRAMA FOR ANOTHER TIME.] Make something out of it. ...And be careful. None of us know what they're really after.

[Congrats on your adoption, Naoto.............]