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[vaikartana]

「 You have reached the phone of— 」

" ...Karna. "

「 Please leave a message after the beep. 」

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voice;

[gerechtigkeit]

[BEEP BEEP MOTHERFUCKER IT'S YOUR BEST FRIEND SABER ON THE LINE

which means in reality he's fucking terrible at this, oh god]

There's a boy by the name of Eddie Kaspbrak who I met after the Trial of Life. [How does he conversation, this is hard.] I think he'd like to meet you sometime.

[vaikartana]

[ Ah yes, cutting right to the chase, how practical. Karna can always respect someone who doesn't mince words. ]

—I see. [ what is there even to see, Karna, what the heck ] I have no reason to refuse, but does he require something from me that you can't provide?

[ Sounds Fake, Fam. ]

[gerechtigkeit]

[They're the worst at this. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO SAYING "HELLO" BEFORE YOU TALK WITH SOMEONE, YOU DORKS.]

Ah, no. No, he doesn't need something. [There's an exhale and Siegfried tries to think of how to word himself.] I just think he'll want to get to know you, since I mentioned fighting alongside you.

[vaikartana]

[ Siegfried this is incredibly worrying ]

...?

Is he interested in the art of war?

[ That's Fine, Karna supposes... ]

[gerechtigkeit]

[KARNA NO, KARNA PLEASE????????]

No, not at all.

[Please don't teach him the art of war oh my god Karna he is a smol]

Eddie's friends arrived recently, and he's curious about others. More than likely he'll just want to talk with you.

[vaikartana]

[ A warrior has to start somewhere.... why not when he's a smol!!! But no, even if it takes a beat or two, Karna finally seems to Get It. ]

So that's the way of it. [ How considerate of Siegfried, always thinking about the best interests of others. This comes with a caveat, though: ] I have no objections. However—

—I may bore him. [ sieg you should've thought this through buddy ]

[gerechtigkeit]

[He probably should have thought this through, yes. Still, he's proud of Karna and he knows that Eddie will probably want to meet him at some point.

It doesn't even occur to him that Eddie may get bored. A part of him hesitates before speaking again.]

I don't think you will. [A pause, and he exhales.] He's... When we met, he was intuitive and also asked plenty of questions. If anything, Eddie will ask if you've recovered from the Trial well enough.

[vaikartana]

[ It's difficult to pick up on subtleties over the voice function alone, but Karna can start to draw a few conclusions based on his limited context cues. ]

In that case, I'll do my utmost.

[ He'll take the offer of companionship as graciously as it's given to him. It's only fair.

(some inaccessible part of him remembers— for a second, too quick to identify— an outline of a small, obstinate homunculus with a foreign heart in his chest.

that's right; 'Saber of Black' was always too kind for his own good.) ]

It seems I've troubled you yet again. [ "Thank you for the consideration." ] I'll find my ways of reciprocating soon enough.

[gerechtigkeit]

[He hopes it's enough. Doing small talk has always been difficult for him, being so reticent as he has in his life. But Siegfried is trying to change- which isn't easy, having habits you never really unlearned since your death- but the effort is at least there.]

I'm glad to hear it.

[Truthfully, all he wants is for Eddie to meet Karna, and possibly be friends with him, just as he's done with Siegfried. A difficult task, perhaps- but the boy has proven his heart is kind and very open towards others.]

You haven't. [A pause, and then he smiles slightly on his end.] And you're welcome.

[Sounds like someone's slowly getting better at his Karna translator.]