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♞ IX. voice & action.

I have books I need to get rid of— [...well. That's not right. He corrects himself.] —return. There's too many for me to carry, so I'll need help.

[Elliot, that's not a request, it's a demand. But this is Elliot Nightray—he does not and will never care. Housemates can find Elliot sorting through the books in his servant's room, trying to pile as many into a box as he can. This is going to take a while.

Others can find him hauling this stupid box of books to the library. It's especially cold today, but once again, Elliot does not care. He is getting rid of these books one way or another, dammit. It's only a small start, but he is tired of waiting.]

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Thanks anyway. Your health is more important.

[Of course, he probably already knew that, since it's not like he was rushing to come and help him, and...

...Elliot is kind of awkward at this stuff.]

Thank you.

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So just how many books are you trying to return?

I don't know. There's too damn many to count.

And how many people have you succeeded in recruiting to help?

More than enough. [...well, he thinks. He could probably just take care of anything that's left over.] A lot of people offered to help.

I'm glad to hear that, then. At least my presence won't be too greatly missed.

I didn't think so many people would help.

[...yes, he was honestly surprised by this.]

It looks like you've gotten rather popular.

P-popularity has nothing to do with it!

Oh? Then what does?

How should I know? I didn't tell them to respond the way they did!

Then I would think that is an indication that you are in fact more well-liked than you thought.

[Why must you embarrass him like this, Richard...?! Elliot's finding it hard to keep arguing this with him.]

Th-that's ridiculous. [And for lack of anything better to say in response...] Just mind your own business!

[It's not you, Richard, it's him. Elliot has no clue how to deal with being liked.]

[Because Richard is a troll and it's what he does, man. He's had years to perfect this.]

All right. Should I start doing so now?

[He gets the feeling that's what it is, since Elliot isn't the first person like that he's met.]

Yes, right now!

[But maybe, somewhere deep down, Elliot's glad he understands...!

Not that he would ever admit it.]

In that case, I'll speak with you later, and best of luck with the books.

Th-thank you...

[Too bad Elliot has no idea how obvious it is that he's flustered, even over the journals. Shhh.]

You're welcome.

[So cute, Elliot, but he will be nice and not say so out loud.]

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