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Appointments Post

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[ She laughs weakly, the sound of it deeply unhappy. ] This is awful. It gives him all the control, and all we can do is wait. But what other choice do we have...?

[ There's a beat. ]

I'm still going to tell Luke I saw Van. I just won't mention the illness.

[Asch is quiet for a moment; does it give him the control? Maybe. But they can have their own agendas, too. Waiting is a pathetically simplified answer to what they could - or should - do. Two can play at the manipulation game here, and at least this time, they have the advantage of knowledge and experience. Van will need them.]

I don't care if you tell him. It's better if he knows, anyway. But he should at least try to avoid telling Van about you two, if he can manage that much.

[ Well ... that's easier for him. As much as she'll be involved whether she likes it or not, it's still really only in an incidental way. She can't see how she can act as an agent of change, here; how she can do anything but wait for the worst to come...

But that's another matter for another day. ] ... I think he knows that. [ With a very quiet smile. She knows Luke will be just as scared for her as she is for him. ] But ... if something changes... I know I don't need to know all the secrets, but if it's important, Asch ... can you tell me? I don't want to be left completely in the dark.

[A big request from someone who revealed everything there was to know in the first meeting with the man. Asch does give it a moment's consideration, though, if only because she has some talents that would be just as useful to them as to Van. He won't be able to trust her with information she might reveal to him, but... hm.]

If it's something I think can be shared, you'll know about it. [Either through him, or Luke, he has a feeling that she'll be well-informed of Van's behaviour. The more in-control of passed-on information that Asch can be, the better.]

[ It's as much as she's ever going to get from him, and she knows it. ] Okay. Thank you, Asch. ... I'll do my best to avoid Van from hereon out. [ With quiet, self-deprecating humor. ]

If you can't avoid him, try to at least pretend to act normally. Even if it's probably hopeless by now.

... I know.

[ There's a long pause, where she might end the conversation. But there is one more thing on her mind. ]

... Asch, my ... my other friends. ... I don't ... I shouldn't tell them, should I? [ It's clear that she wants to. ]

...I'd advise against it. [He's been wondering about that himself, but... really, it would just cause more harm than good.] I'd rather see what he does without him getting pronounced a villain. My concern is that it'd just end up a self-fulfilling prophecy.

[Which, ironically, is something Van would hate, but...]

[ She is so unhappy with this situation. But what can she do? ] ... yeah. I understand. My two best friends... they might guess something's wrong. But if they do, I won't tell them everything. ... I think maybe I'll just tell them to talk to me if they run into a person called Van. [ Her voice is tiny. But she has to keep this a secret, somehow. It can't be risked, now, word getting out and Van hearing. ]

If it was anyone else, I'd probably say to tell them. Or tell everyone. But this is Van. He's not like any of the others.

[ She rubs at her face.

It hurts, lying to them. All of them. To Luke, to Asch, and soon to Axel and Roxas. It's a complicated game she's going to try to play. Who knows how long she can keep it up? ]

... okay. ... [ very quietly indeed. ] Thank you, Asch.

Don't thank me. It's for my benefit as well. [But he does give her a nod of acknowledgement, at least. Her cooperation is useful.]

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