<You pulled me away?! Of course you did. God I hate you sometimes.>


    -<And yet I love you so much.>


    <Yeah, and that’s what’s annoying. I’d prefer a little less attention from you sometimes. Or at the very least a little less meddling behind the scenes.>


    -<Oh, you know I can’t affect the world all that much, little one.>


    <And yet here we are, with you CLEARLY meddling!>


    -<Well what was I supposed to do? Just watch you kill him? I still need those things for a while longer, I can’t just go having them getting replaced yet! It would be such a waste.>


    <Hmph. Who cares, it’s still gonna be a while until you use them for another announcement anyways, right?>


    -<You’ve got a point there, but who knows what the future holds? Speaking of, have you been doing your job correctly?>


    <You ask like you haven’t been firmly keeping an eye on me. Jeez you’re annoying!>


    -<Why not just humour me and tell me anyways?>


    <Ugh fine! Yeah, I’ve been doing what you wanted. Maybe it’s not as many as you’d like, but we took care of some prime offenders. Kept ‘em nice and trapped and everything. Kinda thought you’d leave it up for me to handle instead of forcing Noth to do your shitty dirty work, though.>


    -<I don’t think I’m a fan of how you put that, and yet I still find you so charming. How odd. And what about the second part of our agreement?>


    <Yes yes, I found a perfect target for your nefarious plans and stuff. It’s all going great.>


    -<Acting like you’re so put off by it, and yet using her was your idea.>


    <Well it’s not like I was gonna listen to you and use Noth for it. That’s not the fate I wanted for him at all. Why go through all this trouble to save him from his bad ending if that’s what he’d end up as instead?>


    -<Ah, well you do have a point. But with the way things are headed I don’t think you’ll give him much of a good end anymore, you know.>


    <Hey look, how things go for him is up to me and me alone! I’m doing what you wanted, so you keep up your end of the bargain too and stop messing around with us!>


    -<Aw… But what if it’s fun and I’m bored? Besides, I feel like you’re taking things too slowly, so I made my prophet give your boy a little boost.>


    <Is that what’s going on down there?! What’s he saying to Noth???>


    -<Oh you don’t have to worry about that. I haven’t let him say anything too important, and certainly not anything about our plan. The boy does know you’ve been using him to kill the sinners, though.>


    <Ugh, that’s gonna be awful! I bet you didn’t even tell him everything, either! I’m gonna look so baaaad…>


    -<Cheer up, my little love. He was bound to find out eventually. Having to deal with it now would be much better than having to deal with it years from now, you know.>


    <Like I need relationship advice from you of anyone. I mean you’re the one who->


    -<We don’t talk about that.>


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    <Hmph, yeah? And yet it’s the whole reason that you’re causing this whole mess. You’re so roundabout in how you operate all the time.>


    -<That’s not my fault. My restrictions are my restrictions for a reason.>


    <...Which is your fault. Again, you caused all of this. It all keeps circling back to your initial sin, doesn’t it?>


    -<Yes. A sin that I’m using you to correct, small one, lest you forget.>


    <Lucky me.>


    -<Of course you are. Don’t you get to be with the one you love every moment of the day? That’s far better than what I get.>


    <Yeah, you have a point there. But where am I now, huh?!>


    -<Don’t you worry, you’ll be back by his side shortly. We just need to give those things the time they need to talk first. Your boy is being told some very important information. I can’t wait to see what he says to you about it afterwards. Ah, how fun!>


    <Glad you’re at least getting a kick out of all this. It’s not fair that you get to see right now and I can’t.>


    -<Don’t worry. Finish up your job and you’ll never have to miss out on anything else ever again. You act so put out, but this is all a very nice deal for you too, isn’t it?>


    <Ahhh damn, you’re not wrong I guess. But it’s still super irritating that I’m not free from you lording over me just yet.>


    -<Like I said, do your job. Rush if you have to, but it might just lead to you getting less time with your beloved boy in the end, you know.>


    <Not if I play my cards right it won’t! Might be hard to convince him to not hate me after it''s all said and done, though.>


    -<Hah, that’s an understatement. You amusing little thing.>


    <Sure am. So where are you making us go, exactly? I at least get to know that ahead of time, right? Would be real hard to do what you want me to, otherwise.>


    -<Ah, I’m just moving you to your new forever home. I’m sure you’ll love it.>


    <So the place I’ll be stuck in from now on, huh? We both know that’s not true though.>


    -<Oh that’s not the case at all. You may be free to go wherever you want once you get free from me, but you know no one’s ever truly free. I mean look at me, for instance! Besides, everybody needs a home, don’t they?>


    <You act like this new home won’t essentially be a prison.>


    -<So silly all the time, aren’t you little one? Is it really a prison if you’re free to come and go?>


    <It is if you aren’t allowed to leave forever.>


    -<Then at the very least it was the prison you chose, is it not?>


    <Touche.>


    -<Stop acting like the world is ending. You said it yourself to that boy once, things will get very fun when you’re finally freed, right? It’ll be the best thing that ever happened to us.>


    <Eh, it’ll be the best thing that ever happened to you. No matter how much fun I might have in the future, the best thing that ever happened to me is all the time I get to spend with Noth.>


    -<...Maybe I shouldn’t have increased your obsession so high.>


    <It’s too late! I’m already the angel of madness that you made me! There’s no way this body was gonna let me skimp out on the obsession, for sure.>


    -<Hah, you’re right. Oh well, at least I also enjoy this side of you, too.>


    <Maybe you should get your own obsession checked.>


    -<But how could I not be obsessed with the tool that will free me?>


    <There it is. At the end of the day I’m just a tool for you, aren’t I?>


    -<Yes. My most beloved, most important tool of them all. After all, you are an angel, aren’t you?>


    <Yup. No matter what, I’ll always be what you made me, even when I supposedly ‘break free’ from you. How absolutely maddening.>


    -<I’m sure you won’t feel that way once it happens. If anything, no one will ever be able to make you their tool ever again.>


    <You’re not very convincing when I know what you did in the past, ya know.>


    -<Like I said, we don’t talk about that anymore.>


    <For the record, I have no plans to end up like the last one. Once I get the power to oppose you I’ll be sure to exercise that right.>


    -<You say it like that’s not exactly what I wanted in the first place.>


    <You really have gone mad, huh?>


    -<If I weren’t would you even be here?>


    <...Touche again.>