Private Conversations

[dominioned]

The confessional before you is ornate and well maintained, ebony colored wood embellished with the visage of two angels. A jet black curtain separates the confessional from the rest of the Church, offering a surprising degree of privacy to any eavesdroppers nearby. Unlike the rest of Krakow, the inside is dimly lit by a small light bulb securely attached to the ceiling which emits a faint red light. While the atmosphere isn't exactly cozy, it is private.

A smooth voice calls out to you once you've sat down, familiar enough to identify the speaker despite the partition between you.

"Welcome welcome. I take it something is on your mind?"

We're in a museum now, Harry.

Comments

[pr159]

To be fair, I think most of us are just attending to get information for our own purposes. Well, and for free food, obviously.

[ He saw Rembrandt at that meeting, he knows he gets that part. ]

But yes, if that really was his reason, I would assume he was concerned specifically because he thought there was someone who would be targeted.

[dominioned]

And Dazai is not what I would call the amiable type.

[pr159]

Is that so? I mean, I can't stand him, but I wouldn't attribute that to a lack of amiability. Or is that what you're saying has changed?

[dominioned]

Hm, perhaps that is the wrong word for it. Selfless, perhaps. But yes, I find it peculiar that he is seemingly protecting someone who is not from his world to start.

[pr159]

Not the type you'd expect to get a crush?

[dominioned]

...not the word I would use, but yes. I assumed he was more of the casual type. [ What's romance. ]

[pr159]

[ Don't ask him. ]

I don't know, he seems immature enough to me. He's a teenager, isn't he?

[dominioned]

[ A beat. ]

I admit I do not have much experience with teenagers, and the experience I do have was... a special case.

[pr159]

Consider yourself lucky. They're insufferable.

[ Boy would he love to shove Ludger's friends off a cliff. That doesn't only apply to the teenagers, of course, but still. ]

What was the special case? I certainly wouldn't have taken you for a babysitter.

[ ...Then again. ]

Well, not an actual one, anyway.

[dominioned]

Worse than children? [ Judging on their teenagers here (past and present), that seems pretty accurate. ]

I don't consider myself one, no. But it often feels like that at times, this circumstance included. As for the case it was related to my former job, before I met the Lady.

[pr159]

Tough call, but quite possibly.

What was the official job title?

[dominioned]

Before I answer that, do you even know my official job title here?

[pr159]

Do you have one? I was assuming something vague like "assistant." I wasn't under the impression that you had a typical employment agreement.

[dominioned]

Assistant is one of them, yes. You're right in that regard as well, which is to my point, my arrangement with my last employer was much the same.

[pr159]

Was your employer the kid?

[dominioned]

[ A pause. ]

Yes.

[pr159]

Really?

[ ...Well, he'd kind of been joking, but. ]

What were you paid in, candy?

[dominioned]

Dear me, no. I don't particularly like candy.

[pr159]

It's not that far a stretch from those pastries at the meeting, is it?

[ He just kind of lumps all sweets into one category... ]

But seriously, what was it? The younger someone is, the fewer valuable things they'd have to offer, I'd imagine... In most respects, anyway.

[dominioned]

I didn't care for the tart either, I was merely interested in seeing if Dazai would try to poison me.

[ Well okay then. ]

There is such a thing as inheritance you know, and not only in the monetary regard. And youth possesses what age does not retain at other times.

[pr159]

I can't say I'm that familiar with inheritances.

[ Not personally. Obviously he knows they're a thing; that's why he hates Cumore. ]

So was it money?

[dominioned]

No, not at all. If I wanted money I would have removed all of it from Krakow and your persons, and left shortly after you awakened. [ That would have been something. ]

[pr159]

Of course. I didn't think it was, actually; the Lady said she wasn't paying you in money either.

[dominioned]

For now then, that's all you need to know. What I and the Lady want is different, but in the end they are complimentary to each other.

[pr159]

I don't doubt it.

[ He's got some theories at this point. ]

Compensation aside, I do still want to know what kind of work you were doing. You can ask me some questions in exchange, you know; I don't mind talking about myself.