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[goldenglasses]

[There is a brief pause as Vash talks to someone in the shops with him.] They said just talking to you will be enough! Here!

[A bored voice clearly belonging to a teenager comes over the phone. They speak in a well practiced, nearly robotic sort of way.] Dear sir or madam; this call is being recorded for confirmation of the permissions you are giving to your submissive. If you do not wish for this call to be recorded then you will need to show up in person for your submissive to purchase anything from our store.

[There is a brief beep as the recording starts. They're suppose to wait for confirmation but with a long suffering sigh they continue their scripting.]

Are you aware that your submissive is attempting to make a purchase of two dvds for the price of twenty eight dollars and sixty nine cents? [A brief pause for Knives to answer.] Do you wish to know the title and/or plot to the movies that they are purchasing? [A brief pause for Knives to answer.] Do you give permission for me to sell these movies to your submissive? [A brief pause for Knives to answer.] Can you please state your and your submissive's full name for the recording and confirmation that you've understood and grant permission for me to sell these movies to your submissive?

[arkfall]

[Knives gets more irritated the longer this goes, but he answers each question with curt single-word answers.

Then the shop employee asks for their names and he grips the phone a little too tightly before telling her.]

Will this take much longer? [He asks, tone obliviously impatient.]

[goldenglasses]

No, that is it sir. Unless you have any further questions? Shall I put your submissive back on now?

[arkfall]

I have no questions.

[He waits for Vash to be back on the phone.] Better now?

[goldenglasses]

Much! Thanks brother! I'll see you tomorrow for dinner?

[arkfall]

Tomoe will be joining us.

[goldenglasses]

Oh yeah? [He knows he shouldn't mind this, but it makes him nervous anyway.] That will be nice. Always fun to have more people over.

[arkfall]

She and I have been talking a lot lately.

[goldenglasses]

[Of course you have now that she's a Plant.] That's nice. I'm glad you two are getting along.

[arkfall]

[He wouldn't even deny that] As am I. She's another good influence, don't you think?

[goldenglasses]

[He can't hold back this time.] I just wish she could have been a good influence when she was human.

[arkfall]

Why?

[goldenglasses]

Because what she is shouldn't change how you feel about her.

[arkfall]

That's fucking stupid.

[goldenglasses]

How!? How is that stupid!? She's still the same exact person! Same personality that she's always been!

[arkfall]

She is not. She has been fundmentally changed.

[goldenglasses]

Only what she is! Not who she is!

[arkfall]

What you are matters, Vash. Pretending it doesn't is foolish.

[goldenglasses]

So if that house turned me human? You wouldn't care about me anymore?

[arkfall]

Don't even fucking joke about that. I would be devasted to lose you.

I'm not sure I could control my reaction and you would not have the power to stop me.

[goldenglasses]

But you wouldn't lose me. I would still be me.

[arkfall]

That's insane, Vash.

[goldenglasses]

No, acting like I would be gone or dead just because I changed species is insane.

[arkfall]

You would be gone. The thing that would be in your place might have achieved your dream of gaining humanity but it would not be you.

[goldenglasses]

I am more than what I am! [He doesn't hide how much this hurts. That it seems to him that his brother cares more about what he is rather than who he is.] I am a person first and a Plant second. Even if I wasn't Plant I'd still be your brother! Does that really not mean anything to you!?