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ㅤ anything to clamp her jaws down onto that wasn’t him. eve trembled as she very slowly released the bite on herself. the blood poured. ゛ no. i … i killed him. ㅤ

ㅤ another harsh swallow before the body was dropped ◞ quiet 𖬺 stifled sobs to follow. she didn’t dare look towards him. ゛ something is… wro͟ng with m-me. ㅤ

ㅤ 𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐩 ◞ then another. there are sounds of struggle beneath the loud swallows - wings beating desperately 𖬺 wheezed ◞ ragged breaths. yet only hard huffs came from eve. ㅤ

`` You think she doesn’t know I’m not happy? She doesn’t care. `` This wasn’t the solution, this /couldn’t/ be the solution, mainly because Lute would die for GOOD attempting it!! They both know that, deep down.

There was a desperation in her expression, a desperation Adam had only seen once, when his vision darkened and she cried above him. She was just as desperate for saving as she was then. How awful has heaven been treating her? That she rather take /this/ route than just leave?

Pausing, staring at him genuinely surprised. She’s serious. `` Wh- Heaven has been AWFUL without you! Nobody is listening to me, nobody will even take me seriously! They just.. want me to stand quietly in the corner like a decorative bird in a cage!! +

Lute is heavenborn, there is no human soul to reincarnate into Hell Luke Adam’s. Presumably, none of the fallen exorcists seemed to wake up with him. So that meant if she went through with it she’d just…disappear. Was it really that bad? Has heaven been that hard on her?

Her sandwich was more squished than anything, held tight in her hands until the contents spilled out. `` I can’t do this anymore…. With heaven, with Sera and Abel, with hiding my visits to *you*. ..I think I know a way to join you without being detected, permanently. ``

The look on her face looked like she was trying to swallow bitter poison, expression scrunched and eyes avoiding his. She didn’t want to hear his weak attempts to cheer her up, not with what she needs to tell him. `` Adam, stop… I… I’ve been thinking— ``

Immediate murderous glare in his direction. She doesn’t even laugh at that joke on a *good* day.

—— 𝐈'𝐌 𝐀 𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐈𝐂 ?! —— 𝚃𝚘𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝙻𝚞𝚌𝚒𝚏𝚎𝚛 . -

The pauses she took were probably painful, just this awkward emptiness her voice was late to fill. Lute’s expression was unreadable, this darkness hidden under the mental mask she wore. `` It’s heaven, it’s ‘paradise’. ``

She grimaced when he slid the sandwich over, scoffing lightly. Regardless she unwrapped it, beginning to pick at the bread. `` Not like they were that big to begin with. ``

`` …I’m..actually not that hungry, Sir. `` In her defense she hasn’t been hungry in a long time, it’s possible Adam noticed the way her ribs were beginning to become visible after her shower. If he noticed he didn’t say anything, not that she wanted him to.

IIII . . am absolutely unable to do that, like, at all. Ever. I mean. You've / met / me, dad, I'm not gonna cause any unnecessary drama? Especially not with a landlord of all people!

But I want to.