[Nobunaga gets up again, signaling with his hands for her to wait.]
[At least he's numb and not crying or wibbly, gods he could not fucking live with himself to be that uncool after all that!]
[He returns with some drinks.]
There's no alcohol in it, not because of us being demons where we don't belong, [Aka: he didnt ask or care about age or drinking laws anywhere or when!] but because I try not to drink so much for my partner's sake. Though alcohol is every god's greatest vice, and some priests, and can banish certain weaker demons, we are not that weak. [Genuinely. Nobunaga can't drink enough to keep up with an oni, but he can definitely drink a LOT. It's just he also gets more violent and that's too stupid first day in heaven before he has his emotional support blanket/spouse, and he wasn't lying. Klaus had since substituted drinking for sugar with Nobunaga, so Nobunaga didn't drink either except very special occasions. He never wanted Klaus to miss out.]
[So he hands her a fruity mocktail all the same.] Kanpai.
Sounds like your friend is one of a kind, both good or bad. Which is a small shame, because maybe the world needs more like him. Then again, sometimes worlds can't handle just the one of us.
Equality is perhaps even more foreign in my time in Japan than in your world. We don't have magic after all, so circumstances of birth dictate far too much. [Aka no loli mages!!! And even the priesteses were kind of having it rough with the Buddhism. If he could go backwards in time he'd bitchslap certain people but as it is, his ultimate goal is to upend and do away with the birth dictating everything.] But the first friend I ever had treats everyone equally, even a demon king so it meant more than a world to me. [Small fist clench!] Still does.
I think desires are all fine and well, but it's the actions that matter most. I told my second in command this constantly. Even if I want to burn my world down in a temper, what matters is what I do with the desire instead. And words are just words without the actions. Sometimes it's easier to be hated than not. [Ugh too deep and introspective and you'll not get him to life the veil that easily! Even Klaus struggled with it!]
I'll not underestimate him, of course, but thank you for telling me. [Nod!] I'll stay open minded, and I'm looking forward to meeting him whenever opportunity arises.
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[Nobunaga gets up again, signaling with his hands for her to wait.]
[At least he's numb and not crying or wibbly, gods he could not fucking live with himself to be that uncool after all that!]
[He returns with some drinks.]
There's no alcohol in it, not because of us being demons where we don't belong, [Aka: he didnt ask or care about age or drinking laws anywhere or when!] but because I try not to drink so much for my partner's sake. Though alcohol is every god's greatest vice, and some priests, and can banish certain weaker demons, we are not that weak. [Genuinely. Nobunaga can't drink enough to keep up with an oni, but he can definitely drink a LOT. It's just he also gets more violent and that's too stupid first day in heaven before he has his emotional support blanket/spouse, and he wasn't lying. Klaus had since substituted drinking for sugar with Nobunaga, so Nobunaga didn't drink either except very special occasions. He never wanted Klaus to miss out.]
[So he hands her a fruity mocktail all the same.] Kanpai.
Sounds like your friend is one of a kind, both good or bad. Which is a small shame, because maybe the world needs more like him. Then again, sometimes worlds can't handle just the one of us.
Equality is perhaps even more foreign in my time in Japan than in your world. We don't have magic after all, so circumstances of birth dictate far too much. [Aka no loli mages!!! And even the priesteses were kind of having it rough with the Buddhism. If he could go backwards in time he'd bitchslap certain people but as it is, his ultimate goal is to upend and do away with the birth dictating everything.] But the first friend I ever had treats everyone equally, even a demon king so it meant more than a world to me. [Small fist clench!] Still does.
I think desires are all fine and well, but it's the actions that matter most. I told my second in command this constantly. Even if I want to burn my world down in a temper, what matters is what I do with the desire instead. And words are just words without the actions. Sometimes it's easier to be hated than not. [Ugh too deep and introspective and you'll not get him to life the veil that easily! Even Klaus struggled with it!]
I'll not underestimate him, of course, but thank you for telling me. [Nod!] I'll stay open minded, and I'm looking forward to meeting him whenever opportunity arises.