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……….?

This feels personal, Barnes.

Haven’t you heard? According to gossip, I can’t read at all.

Wha— how did you even come close to that sort of question?

Interesting, I have never been asked such a question, I’ll have to think about it. Are you?

That’s quite a reaction…

It is not much fun to have one’s manufactured reputation precedes you to the point that no one even thinks about your existence without said persona, but— no, I’m not upset.

I’m not upset, Claudia. Why should I be? …..oh? And what is your view of me?

If that’s the wrong word, what’s the correct word? And depends on what, exactly?

For what it is worth, I don’t think Cloud looks like Claudia and I don’t think Claudia looks like Cloud.

……….Nothing, forget I said anything.

………….uhm.

………erh.

Hmmm? What?

It’s rather a contradiction, isn’t it? For me to tell you what I don’t want to say?

I said the “………..” part of it out loud, is that it?

I had less headaches during the nine-year war than I am having during this nineteen minute conversation.

Technically that wasn’t me speaking to you, that was me thinking out loud to myself. Or something like that…?

I am upsetting you.

I want to tell you but I don’t think I should.