GODLY AUDIENCES - ZOE MURPHY

[divus]

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[requiemed]

I just wanted to see - if you were alright.

[A frown.]

This must have sucked for you, too.

[divus]

I don't know why you'd care if I was alright. It's weird, that's all.

[Her voice is strained. Disorder crosses her arms.]

[requiemed]

...Are you not used to people doing that?

[divus]

I'm not used to people doing that, no. I'm just that bitch, Disorder, remember?

[She wanders over to pluck a flower from beside one of the statues.]

That and it's not like the two of us have talked since, what, week one?

[requiemed]

...I should have come back sooner than now. I'm sorry.

[divus]

Whatever. I just figured that you decided I was lying when I opened up to you. You wouldn't be the first, you won't be the last.

[She coils the stem of the flower around one of her fingers idly.]

I try not to dwell on peoples' bad opinions of me. But, I mean, old habits.

[requiemed]

I didn't mean to upset you.

[...]

I can leave, if you want me to.

[divus]

...I don't want you to leave.

[Disorder goes quiet, awkward after that admission.]

I'm just tired of trusting people and having that blow up in my face.

[requiemed]

...Yeah. It must suck. Did you get along pretty well with him?

[divus]

I barely knew him. I've barely known any of my followers. They don't talk to me, and they don't stick around.

[requiemed]

...I'm sorry.

[She hesitates for a moment.]

Maybe - you could go to them?

[divus]

That's how I've had to meet most people I'm interested in talking to. followers or otherwise. It hasn't done any good for me so far.

[requiemed]

...I can't promise I can make anyone defect to you, but I can at least try to bring more people to visit you.