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[brainiest]

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[brainiest]

Tamamo.

[ She huffs a noise, shaking her head and leaning back. ]

We both know who the cutest one here is.

[castrationfist]

[That gets her to sit upright immediately.]

Eh, really? Ah, I've finally won you over enough to flirt back! I'm so happy!

[brainiest]

[ Hermione shakes her head, nudging her gently. ]

Tamamo, honestly...

[castrationfist]

Ehhh, should I not have said anything? It's okay if you want to flirt a bit, I understand!

[brainiest]

I don't know how to flirt.

[ Mostly, people had flirted with her... ]

[castrationfist]

Really? Not even a little?

[brainiest]

It's not something they teach you at school or anything, really.

[ How had she managed to get Viktor to ask her out again...? ]

[castrationfist]

Is that so? It was for me, though.

[... She sounds 100% serious.]

[brainiest]

Different worlds teach us different things. [ Hermione tries to smile, soft and fond, thinking of a world she won't go back to. ] I learned magic, and the rest of it was just... Trial and error.

[castrationfist]

Well, look how far you've come anyway! Trial and error seems to have worked out for you.

[brainiest]

Are you trying to tell me I'm good at flirting?

[castrationfist]

Not at all. I am saying your approach has brought you from a student to a Marchioness, granted you an amazing Servant and powers far beyond that of most people, and you're still this young.

[This young, says the girl who died at 20.]

But I want to hear you flirt now, too!

[brainiest]

I'm not that young.

[ She says that because she's been fighting since she was eleven. It's almost that many years, now. ]

And I can't flirt just like that! It's - that's not how it works!

[castrationfist]

You're pretty young!

Hm, are you sure? Why don't you try?

[brainiest]

Tamamo! I don't know how to just do it. It's...

[ She leans back, thinking. ]

I've never felt like I really wanted to flirt with someone before.

[castrationfist]

[okay but consider: what about flirting with tamamo]

Well... Perhaps that will come in time. Spring comes for everyone eventually!

[brainiest]

[ But she's useless at it...! ]

You're going to watch me learn, aren't you.

[castrationfist]

[shhh it's the effort that's important]

Of course. You learn quickly!

[brainiest]

I've always learned quickly.

[ Flopping back, she shakes her head. ]

Not just in school, but in the Drabwurld as well.

[castrationfist]

That's how you got this far, I'm sure. Someone slow on the uptake wouldn't have made it through all the things you did. Especially if you're a good judge of character, as well.

[mostly. not a good enough judge to not hang out with GODDAMN GILGAMESH]

[brainiest]

I tried to be a good judge, but sometimes you don't know who someone is until it's too late.

[ Like Gilgamesh, or Kirei Kotomine, or even Dorian. ]

[castrationfist]

That is the truth... It is the most wicked who are best at hiding their true selves, after all.

[She remembers Abe no Seimei, herself- A hero of Japan who is still exalted even in modern times, but in reality he was a terrible person willing to damn innocents as demons for his own gain.]

[brainiest]

I think good people try to hide, too. They try to be something they're not so they don't get hurt, or because they think it's easier... Or who they're supposed to be. It's not always true, though.

[castrationfist]

Or sometimes, they themselves do not know who they truly are.

[It sounds like she's talking about herself, but she's thinking about Hakuno- The magus with no memories who found out she was supposed to be just an NPC- Nothing more than background dressing for the war.]

But, no one can hide their true self forever, no matter how hard they try!

[brainiest]

No, you're right.

[ Hermione thinks about Dorian, who had shown her his portrait and thought she would abandon him. Gilgamesh, who was never ashamed to admit who he was but never saw the good in his heart. Luke, who thought he was just a thief and nothing else, all these people she loved and who were far more than they ever let themselves see. ]

It's good if they have someone to help them.