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[...careful, Gilgamesh. This is clearly a trick question to inform Tokiomi's further actions. Answering "kill people" would be honest but ill-advised. Even he knows that. So he pauses to think this through.]

...I certainly would not accept it. Then, naturally I would set out to regain it.

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Well I can't! It's gone! So what do I do?!

...then you have no choice, and you learn to live without.

There are many magi who could have offered me the contract you did. None would have satisfied me, though they had magic.

[deep breaths tokiomi, you can do it]

I'd trade anything else...

[Oh.

...he certainly knows that feeling.]

Strange how it always must be what you value most.

[this is a very mournful whining noise

but no. no there is ONE THING that is worth more. Just one, but it's a thing.

Without looking up, he reaches for Gil's sleeve]

Promise you won't leave me.

[what else will he have now, if that happens?]

[When Tokiomi first summoned him back, he felt an undeniable anger. How dare this boy wish for his affections while knowing that his heart had only room for one equal and one friend. He had been confused, almost remorseful, at how he had allowed Tokiomi to worm his way in with those annoying memories, as though he had allowed Enkidu to be replaced.

Gilgamesh had never been good at grieving. He'd spent centuries learning. Stewing in it. His reaction had only been a part of all that.

He knows now that Tokiomi is not a replacement, though he's grown to hold the same value as Enkidu.

Naturally, he will occupy the same place for Tokiomi. And that's more than fine.]

I swear it. I would not allow you to leave my side.

Okay...

[That's fine. That's good. He can't betray Gilgamesh by giving up then, can he? And giving up would be terribly inelegant. What kind of pride could he have if he threw a fit and gave up now? If he tries, he might be able to find a way to right things. If there's another way to remove that curse and put himself back together, he'll figure it out.]

I'm going to fix it. Somehow...

[Ah, that's better - Gilgamesh is pleased to see that tiny smile and that same determination that won him over in the first place.]

Of course. I would not permit anything else.

Mm...

[But he is still incredibly displeased. He'll hold it in, and try to get to his feet.

It doesn't really work, and he ends up hagning on to the side of the bed, dizzy and not quite remembering falling.]

Ah?

[Gilgamesh heaves a sigh, exasperated but as well-meaning as he's capable of.]

...you're being quite troublesome today, aren't you?

[He goes to help Tokiomi back up despite the complaint]

Perhaps caution and rest would help.

[he definitely needs the hand up. Even with it, he has to lean heavily on Gil to avoid toppling over. He is definitely not done with bedrest yet.]

I think so...