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[5thchild]

Hello. [ have a SMILE :) There is no reason for this to be video other than Kaworu not really bothering to change the settings on his communicator ] I am pleased to see that the city is different since my last visit. You are truly amazing, proving that you can heal even when all seems dire. Congratulations. [ kanworu's smile grows bigger ]

My presence here and existence in this world is still quite irrelevant. But because healing this world might be the only way to be returned to my universe, I will help. Positive contact, right? [ kaworu absolutely does not mind it at all. Regardless, that is the perfect way to ask his next question ]

Is contact with others something you are comfortable with? The touch of another person, is it something you seek?

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[awooligan]

[Cliff responds in text...mostly because he doesn't feel like sitting up, but also because he doesn't trust those vibes.]

fuuuuuck no
unless you're a really hot chick

[...okay so even while joking he feels a little guilty about that one, HEY GIRLFRIEND IN ANOTHER DIMENSION, THE REALLY HOT CHICK IS YOU, OKAY]

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[5thchild]

Chicken are generally warmer than humans, but too warm would mean it's sick.

[awooligan]

hardy har

[5thchild]

What does Hardy Har mean?

[awooligan]

this is a really weak attempt at trolling man

video.

[hot_handed]

[Oh my god. It's always the white-haired/half white-haired guys who talk like weirdos.]

I don't get half of what you're saying, but are you patronizing us?!

Video.

[5thchild]

I'm congratulating you for helping this world.

[hot_handed]

Why?! [He...he doesn't understand.] We haven't even won yet and it ain't like we got much of a choice.

You said you were hear before?

[5thchild]

There is always a choice. You are creatures with free will, after all.

You can choose not to participate in the positive contact the gods request of us. You can choose not to help this city grow. And yet this city did grow and change since the last time I saw it. [ yes, he was here before]

[wakemelater]

You've been here before?

[Nico may vaguely remember seeing the guy around - though it was probably back when he Did Not Care. He's also aware that sometimes people come back with no memory of this place.

But to answer the question:]

Not everyone is comfortable with physical contact.

[5thchild]

Yes, I have. [ he doesn't think that subject is very important so kaworu will not elaborate ]

Why aren't you?

[wakemelater]

[He didn't need elaboration. The details weren't important.

He stalls on the question. He has some idea why - Mr. D explained some theories during their informal therapy sessions back home. But...]

I, uh... That's a personal question.

[5thchild]

Is it? Do personal questions make you uncomfortable?

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[ancientflower]

Hello, there. You're a Returner as well? You remember the last time you where here though?

[Aerith is smiling, sat in her garden in the sunlight and looking perfectly content.]

As for contact with others, I find nothing wrong with a friendly hug!

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[5thchild]

Yes, I do. [ though kaworu knows sometimes people lose their memories of this place]

Do you enjoy contact like that?

[ancientflower]

I was apparently here for a period, but I have no memory of that... Strange how some do, isn't it?

[Her smile widens and she nods.]

Within reason, of course!

[5thchild]

Does it bother you that you don't remember?

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[whenyouneedme]

[This wasn't the kind of post that Kai normally would have responded to. He almost didn't, except that face was familiar. The meandering topic of conversation was too. He had to go rooting through the network first, making sure that yes: this guy was that guy. Kai couldn't quite place how that made him feel just yet, but there were more important reasons for hitting reply and they had nothing to do with Kaworu's initial post:]

Your Shinji's friend, right?

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[5thchild]

[ "friends" implies reciprocation and Kaworu does not demand that from Shinji]

We are familiar with each other, yes.

[whenyouneedme]

[... you know what, he didn't like that answer.]

Just familiar, huh. You're not Kaworu then?

[5thchild]

[ whoops. ]

I am Kaworu Nagisa, yes.

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[unpocoloco]

¡Hola! Welcome back! I hope this is a good thing for you? If not then I apologize.

[Some people actually had nice, wanted worlds to be back to after all.]

Could I ask you about how that worked? Leaving and returning here?

For the record, I don't do much contact. At least not these days. In another time, I was more touchy, I guess.

[5thchild]

I have no reason to exist in this world. Good or bad, it's irrelevant, in the end. [ kaworu is dead, in his world. He still has to return, though. ] I don't have many answers in regards to it, it was not my decision.

What changed?

[unpocoloco]

[He lifts a brow.]

Kind of an ominous thing to say there, kid. It's pretty relevant if you're happy or not. [But he didn't expect it to be his decision in any case.] But I mostly mean where you went, in the time between.

In any case, I suppose the shortest answer is that I changed.

[5thchild]

[ no, it truly is not relevant, at least kaworu doesn't think so. But that also doesn't matter, so he doesn't argue ] I am dead in my world, therefor I that's what I returned to.

Are you happy to have changed like that?