[ fourth wall continuations ]

[powerisyours]

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[powerisyours]

That is me.

[crestsmile]

Is it really?

[powerisyours]

Who am I, then?

[crestsmile]

That's something you decide.

[powerisyours]

Master doesn't seem to agree that I am who I say I am.

[crestsmile]

You're putting yourself into a box without decorating it.

[powerisyours]

I don't think I understand. I speak and act as I should. I perform my duties to the best of my abilities. Even when it's lonely, or frustrating, or I think it's too much, I don't complain and do as I am supposed to do. That's what it is to be me.

[crestsmile]

Xiao Wu . . .

[ he sighs ]

Loosen up.

[powerisyours]

I can't win with that. When I loosen up, I'm told I should take things more seriously. When I take things seriously, I'm told to loosen up. There is no middle ground because the loosening up is the middle ground.

[crestsmile]

That's confusing.

[powerisyours]

[ tilting his head ]

Which part?

[crestsmile]

All of it.

[powerisyours]

It is what it is. Some people say I play around too much. Other people say I don't play around enough. There is no winning. There is no middle ground for that. Playing at all and not just skiving everything off is the middle ground for all of it, and I don't have it in me to just run out on my duties; it isn't an option.

[crestsmile]

You aren't only your duties

[powerisyours]

I have very little without them.

[crestsmile]

Who was the one who told me to break my own rules?

[powerisyours]

That's different. You didn't want to get involved because it was something "beyond you".

[crestsmile]

Is it really that different?

[powerisyours]

It is. I don't have the luxury of opting out. You should know that better than anyone.

[crestsmile]

[ all he does is sigh ]

[powerisyours]

[ things that are true: what he just said. ]

[crestsmile]

[ there is not enough time to make you think differently ]

[powerisyours]

[ there's no point in trying because in this particular instance, there is nothing I can do about it. it is what it is and you as my Master should know that better than anyone. ]

[crestsmile]

[ yeah but i also want you to have a LIFE ]

[powerisyours]

[ you knew my father and probably my grandfather and maybe even my great-grandfather; you know that's not going to happen. ]