jiaoqiu catchall

[florescences]

bursts into tears

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[florescences]

[ she finds the hat tipping motion cute, but it is strange to see him do it. ]

I don't know. I'd like to shine the spotlight on you sometimes.

[fried]

You're very sweet to do so.

[ gives her a smile. ]

But I do want to know more about you, Ellie, as you promised. So you can stand there first, hm?

[florescences]

Sure, I'll stand on the stage for you. You earned it. What do you most want to know?

[fried]

There's so much to ask...

Hm. [ ... ] Then, forgive my rudest question - how is it that you're as old as you are?

[florescences]

Aww, Jiaoqiu, it's not rude. I was waiting for you to ask it. I'm glad you finally did.

[ she smiles. ]

I'm a simulation, made of memories. I existed in a realm created by memories.

[fried]

[ well, he'd thought at first to make a joke - never ask a lady her age, and so on, but. this gives him pause. ]

A simulation? [ huh. ] Well... we're all made of memories, I'd argue, but I'm sure that's not what you mean.

[florescences]

[ if only she could treat why she's so old as a joke, she would go along with it. ]

You're not wrong, but... it's kind of literal for me? I'm like a replica. I'm not the real Elysia, but I'm still Elysia because I'm all her memories she uploaded.

[fried]

[ he watches her for a moment. ]

It's hard to say that you aren't the real Elysia, in that case. Flesh and blood doesn't necessarily make up a person.

[florescences]

[ it's not something she grapples with. it's something she lives, and because she is elysia, copy or not, she is too sure of herself in that way. even so, what he says makes her heart warm. her smile is just that much softer. ]

Yeah. I agree. And I'm real to you, aren't I?

[fried]

You are the only you I've ever known. So - yes. You are real to me.

[ a little smile. ]

[florescences]

That's all that matters to me.

[ hehe ]

Anything I experience is real to me.