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A freaky tiny dwarf thing with giant hands.

[...okay, that does get a brief chuckle out of him.]

Well, I do know a guy who sorta fits that description, though he's not so much tiny as short. But sorry to disappoint, I look completely human.

Too bad, if you were an alien I could put a bow on you and all my Christmas gift problems would be solved with Haruhi.

[ She's joking.

Probably. ]

What, just your regular old artificial human not good enough for your friend? I'm hurt!

You're questionable enough, if she is my friend I wouldn't send someone questionable unless they were an alien!

Questionable, me? Now what would make you say something like that?

[Not that he's disagreeing or anything.]

You're not an NPC but you're an artificial human. Of course you're questionable.

Heh. I've been called worse things, so I'm fine with questionable.

...so this SSS deal. You're in charge, you said. So if I join, does that mean I'd always have to answer to you?

I try to listen to people and make sure that no one's completely dissatisfied, but when it comes down to it the plan that I choose is the one we follow. I'm not going to shut down every idea that comes my way though, unless they're completely stupid.

I'm fine with following plans if I have to, as long as they're good plans. But outside of that. What are you expecting from people, that they do what you say or are you fine with people doing what they want?

People can do what they want for the most part, so long as they're there for missions and they have the backs of everyone else in the SSS. I'm not going to tell you that you can't run for student council or join the baseball team if you want to do that. The only rules that you have to follow are that you can't pressure anyone into telling you about their past, we protect each other, you have to show up for dinner, and you participate in missions that fit your skill set when you're asked.

[He doesn't really want to join. At all. He's not a... 'joiner' in general. Leading something, that's different. But the last time he followed anyone, well... that had been a few centuries ago and he sure as hell hadn't enjoyed that. And if he were back in Amestris, where he knew the country, where he had his Shield, where he knew what he was doing? He'd say no.

But they weren't in Amestris, now were they...]

...guess that's not that bad of a deal, all things considered. So what the hell, why not. I'll join.

That is... assuming you don't mind someone as questionable as me in your ranks.

Sougo's more questionable than you any day. You just have to tell me what you're good at and what you enjoy doing so that I know what to do with you, alright? I'm not going to send you off to get shot at if you're no good at fighting just like I'm not going to put you in the distraction team or the strategy team, a construction team like Guild used to be, or anything of the other categories I've got if you're not good at something that fits the job.

Oh, I can handle fighting, trust me. I'm not as good as I normally am right now, I, ah... I'm missing one of my usual tricks. But that's just a small setback. Whoever made this place take people's powers away is an asshole, by the way.

I doubt it does it on purpose. Dying takes a lot out of you. From what I can tell, others who've lost theirs seem to have gained it back little by little.

Hardly the first time I died, don't see why this time it's gotta be such a big deal. Ah well, if people have gotten theirs back before, I guess that's promising enough for now.

This time it can't be undone, so it had to be pretty bad, right?

Yeah, guess so. Had to have been something pretty impressive, 'cause there ain't a lot out there that could've brought me down.

Sure, I'm sure that's it. So it makes sense now.

Not sure if I'd go that far, but close enough I guess. Then again, I can't remember the last time anything I saw made any sense.

If everything made sense all the time, none of us would have any problems.

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