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[aitou]

I keep typing rin

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[allomantic]

But you do not agree with it.

[aitou]

[He shakes his head.]

You can't change the past.

[allomantic]

Or something worse will happen, I imagine?

[aitou]

[Yasusada doesn't answer right away, fiddling with his scarf.]

I think... I wouldn't be myself, if the past was different. The things that happened--if they were changed, then I would be changed too.

[He's not sure how much sense that will make to a human, but hopefully she'll understand what he means.]

[allomantic]

[she nods.]

...The things that have happened to you have made you who you are. And - the world you live in has, too. If either were different, you would be different.

[aitou]

Right.

[...]

And the people I love--it's the same for them too. Changing the past would mean erasing everything they lived for.

[allomantic]

[there's a small nod. she can see both sides of it, honestly - how tempting it might be to change a single point in history, if things had not gone well... but she understands what he's saying, too.]

It sounds like... a strange conflict.

[aitou]

It's difficult sometimes. But it's important.

[All of them--okay. Most of them do their jobs willingly, despite the pain it causes them.]

[allomantic]

How long has it been going on?

[aitou]

[........he has to think about it]

I'm not sure... it's hard to keep track of time. [when you're hundreds of years old and also your country keeps changing the calendar] At least a few years.

[allomantic]

I see... What did you do before that, then?

[aitou]

I didn't have a body then! And swords weren't used for a long time, so...

[He shrugs, which basically means "so he just vibed in the spirit void alone for a few hundred years thinking about his dead loved ones"]

[allomantic]

You... didn't have a body?

[she looks a little bit horrified? hello?]

[aitou]

[Why???]

Not a human body, no. I'm a sword tsukumogami, so I didn't need one!

[allomantic]

But how did you move and speak, then?

[aitou]

[He looks confused...]

You mean, to humans?

[allomantic]

To anyone.

[she is probably thinking about some part of this wrong, and she sounds a littl absurd even to herself, but—]

Swords do not have... mouths...?

[aitou]

[Vin sweetie have you. Ever seen a sword.

He thinks he understands what she's asking, though, and he tilts his head.]

Mm... not really? It's a little complicated... [He smiles, though it's somewhat apologetic.] Sorry, I don't really know how to explain it to human.