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[omnicrafter]

"In your darkest hour, in the blackest night... think of me, and I will be with you. Always. For where else could I go? Who else could I love but you?"

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[emet_sulk]

Why me?

[ Unsaid: 'After everything I've done to you?' ]

[omnicrafter]

Do I need a reason to be nice to people?

[emet_sulk]

[ After a moment, a very grudging: ]

Thank you.

I hope you're not expecting a return gift from me.

[omnicrafter]

No. Getting a return on it wasn't the point, anyway.

[emet_sulk]

...The Matriarch mentioned something called White Day. Know you of that tradition?

[ Because he has never heard of it and he wonders if she is the same. ]

[omnicrafter]

It's mostly a Far Eastern thing, I think. I heard about it while I was there. It's more or less a return holiday for Valentione's, from what I can tell.

[emet_sulk]

I see. Then it is unrelated to the Ishgardian holiday? How curious.

[omnicrafter]

It is. Valentione's over there seems to have been borrowed from Thavnair, who in turn borrowed it from Ala Mhigo, who in turn borrowed it from Eorzea. But they put their own spin on it, of course. The follow-up holiday afterwards appears to be part of that.

What's curious is why you'd ask me about such a thing.

[She's onto you, Hades.]

[emet_sulk]

[ He's absolutely innocent. ]

Curiosity. As you know, I was not familiar with Valentione's and was surprised to learn that there was a second, related event.

[omnicrafter]

And that's really all there is to it?

[emet_sulk]

Must you suspect ulterior motives in every question I ask? What do you think I could possibly plot with such mundane information?

[omnicrafter]

I can think of a few things. They all begin and end with you trying to seduce me to prove you can.

[emet_sulk]

All of them? Dear me. I would like to think I am less predictable than that.