Ophidian returned the hug and squeezed Kitori tight as he shook his head.<span style="color: #006600"> "dear, i have been trying to get closer to Karrie for years, i recognized her loneliness but everyone who pushed got shoved out of her life violently... i tried the soft approach and it seemed to be working for a while, she used to visit us once in a while but she still never let us get close."</span><br/><br/>Ibara looked up and her eyes were red from the hangover of drinking off Rs' last visit<span style="color: #b35900">. "am i ever well after that lying prick barges into my life to tell me fresh lies?"</span>she frowned and shook her head and set aside a scroll.<span style="color: #b35900">"one of the things i like best about you is that you don't beat around the bush so get to the point before i beat you upside the head until another avatar shows up."</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>