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I guess not, but... it still sounds really aggressive that way!

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You can consider me an opponent too, then!

[How does that fix anything...]

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That's.... I don't want to do that, either?!

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It's fine if we're just friendly opponents, right?

[RIGHT, STAHN!!]

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I still don't get why we'd have to be opponents at all!

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'Cause it'll help you get into the right mindset!

[The FIGHTING MINDSET.]

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...What mindset is that?

[stahn is setting himself up for this.]

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A fighting one! [He sure is.] Or a sparring one, I guess? That's like, a step down.

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I don't think we really need to be in a fighting one. Maybe a sparring one would be okay...

[that could be fun? maybe?]

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A sparring one, then! [DOES A SALUTE but it's a goofy one because he's not actually intending to fight or even spar Stahn right now, no matter what his weird ass says.]

So we're settled?

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Oh! Yeah... I guess we are...

[they can go with that even if stahn himself is still pretty... confused by this whole conversational shift. as ever.]

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[Meanwhile Kashuu just keeps on keeping on like nothing weird has happened.]

Good! O-kay, so we'll have a chance to put our sparring plans into action if you start singing again.

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...Or we can just hope the singing stops...

[how about that. please, kashuu. let him live.]

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We could, yeah, but that's the boring way of doing it.

[HE'S JOKING, THOUGH. Probably... He's probably joking. No freedom for Stahn in the meantime, though.]

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I don't think I'd mind it if I can control it. Being able to sing is pretty cool...

[like it ever stops him from actually singing. though he also doesn't quite realize that normal he... is a terrible singer. whoops.]

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[Kashuu will hear Stahn's real singing voice one day and just look at him with sad eyes of pity.]

D'you not get chances to sing a lot? Come to think of it, I've never heard you until now...

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Sometimes I'll sing something if I think of a song!

[dymlos is letting out a pained sigh—please kashuu, don't encourage him.]

Johnny's usually the one who does the singing, though. He's really amazing!

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[Glancing over to Dymlos like HM, WHY IS HE SIGHING.]

Is that another one of your friends from home...? You sing really well too, though! You should do it more!

[Little does he know he'll regret this if Stahn actually does sing after the event effects fade.]

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Yeah! He's a bard, so he's always writing songs wherever we go! I wanted him to teach me how he does it, but he said it would be a lot of work...

[good thing dymlos is here to interject and clear this whole nonsense up.

"He would need an entire lifetime to get Stahn to a passable level..."]

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Oh, wow. Ouch.

[JUST OUCH. He's giving Dymlos a look and then looks back up at Stahn as if to say "are you going to take that sitting down!!" ...But also looking sympathetic.]

You didn't sound that bad to me.

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I sounded pretty good, right? Right?

[stahn is completely unfazed by literally all of this.]

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[STAHN... Well, at least he's got that going for him. Kashuu just nods in agreement, too.]

You did, you super did! It was nice! And you both sound really good together.

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[he'll take his victories where he can get them.... though even when things go back to normal, he'll remain wholly unaware that his singing is just a disaster.]

Eheheh, thanks, Kashuu! Maybe we can sing again for you later... you know, when it's our own choice.

[dymlos is internally screaming right now, it's fine.]

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[Stahn, that's just tragic... But Dymlos is the one really experiencing a tragedy here.

Kashuu just seems SUPER ENTHUSED about this entire idea, because of course he does! Who doesn't like being serenaded??]

Promise? I'd really like that!

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Mm, you bet! It'll be a lot of fun!

[stahn is absolutely full of bright smiles right now. and dymlos...

well, if kashuu could see his face, he'd know that dymlos is completely exasperated beyond belief and wishing that people wouldn't encourage stahn about these things.]