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[daemonized]

ARDYN IZUNIA

Ardyn Izunia. Professor of law. Lord of law. Liege of law. The one grading your papers. Leave a message.

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[standalonehuman]

You know, somehow. I think you've met. Something a friend told me leads me to believe you already know each other.

[daemonized]

If that's the case, then I don't know how I could've been so oblivious to knowing this person that I supposedly get along with so well.

You say a friend -- who?

[standalonehuman]

Far be it from me to reveal my sources, but you could say the cat let something else get out of the bag.

[Pitou would likely punch Togusa next if she knew he was making cat jokes, but come on.]

[daemonized]

[The cat jokes immediately reveal who it is, though. He knows Pitou quite well.]

Pitou, then. Somehow that is not at all surprising.

[standalonehuman]

She said she punched you, I don’t know anybody that would’ve taken it that personally.

I do really mean the congratulations. And I figured you two were going to find a way to do this without warning your family first.

[daemonized]

Pitou /did/ punch me. You don't know them well enough if you think that they did not take our engagement personally -- much less the idea of actually going through with the marriage itself.

[But such as it is.]

Thank you, though, Togusa. And you're right; family was the least of our concerns. Certain family, at least.

[standalonehuman]

...Am I going to get punched if I ask them why?

But, come on, fess up, what prompted it, then? I need to know the story, because I can only imagine you two got swept up in some huge romantic moment and needed to do it right then.

[Shhh, let no one know that Togusa is also a complete romantic sap.]

[daemonized]

Oh, not at all. Just be prepared to hear a very long tirade about why Grell belongs to them, and I am stealing her away, etc., etc.

Should I just chalk it up to impulse and leave it at that?

[The truth of the matter is that it was the result of proving to Grell something quite important -- that she would not have the ability to doubt whether or not she'd be a good wife to him if they were already married. Such uncertainties that crept in thanks to the encroaching of bad memories.

But that's too personal to share. It rests just between the two of them.]

[standalonehuman]

[Please pardon Togusa's outright laughter at that.]

Oh no, oh dear oh no. Firstly, I get the feeling Grell would object to belonging to anyone. If anything, I feel it's the other way around. Secondly, I am going to ask, now. On my own head be it.

It's sweet. You two love each other, you're already spending the rest of your lives together, there is no sense in waiting. If the time is right to start, I'm glad you did it. You're committed, the paper is secondary. Impulse definitely didn't lead you wrong here.

It's good to see people not waiting to be happy.

[daemonized]

You'll have to tell me how that goes.

[Togusa might be caught in a ten minute rant, he thinks. What an amusing thought.]

What point is there in waiting, I wonder? After all that's happened to us. And not knowing what might happen to this city from week to week, month to month.

[standalonehuman]

I already made that mistake, waited too long, and missed out on an opportunity to be very happy. So I'm very glad to see you jumping at the chance when you have it.

For some people, the uncertainty is leading to positive impulsivity instead of a detachment and uncaring. Although, could we tell the difference, you being impulsive? Or is this just tapping in to something that was already there.

[daemonized]

I don't know. But in this case, it doesn't matter. I'd not change my mind, no matter what faces me in the future. Some things, once forged, are not so easily discarded.

Do you feel more impulsive now, Togusa? Or has caution hooked its claws more thoroughly into you now?

[standalonehuman]

[Ardyn doesn't even realize how unfair that question is. The first thing that pops into Togusa's mind is an image of himself, gun tucked into the small of his back, staring down the Retrospec building. An incident he's told no one about, and now the man who took Togusa out of that situation remembers nothing. A safe secret, thanks to Retrospec.]

Okay. Definitely more impulsive. I'm taking chances that I normally wouldn't have, and not all of them are good. But they're ending up helping people, so I can't complain.

Take right out here for an example. I'm doing anything I can to help out these people in Pesgare, even though it's not my job here, I don't have official jurisdiction, but who cares? It's the right thing to do.

[To throw up an example to thoroughly distract from the idea that Togusa might be thinking of a different situation.]

[daemonized]

[If this were not text, perhaps he would be clued into that. For now, however, it is a relatively safe statement coming from Togusa, even if it's something neither of them really want to hear.]

Maybe it's for the best, in the end. To spark a bit of a fire beneath us -- as long as that doesn't turn into recklessness.