oh, no. oh, jamil. i want to die now, you know? i want to die and be with you, and everyone else, i want to be with them too. what are you doing there, without me? oh, no.

"i love your hair." "ah? you... love... it?" "i do. i really do."

"do you see the sea, jamil?" ... "yeah, i see it. it's perfect."

"what are ye doing up at this time? ye little schemer." "little sch...? i just have a lot to think about, that's all. and you?" "nothin'. i saw you all on yer lonesome and thought ye were spinnin' up another plot." "i'm not." "it'd be okay if ye were. i'd let you."

after your disappearance, they cleaned up your side of the room. i visited it when no one was around. you were reduced to a pile of boxes. i asked if i could deliver the boxes myself, to your mom and your brother. i think they hated me. but they had your eyes.

"jamil, yer shivering! even with a blanket! wahahaha!" "it's not funny. i've never been accustomed to desert nights... oddly enough. it takes a while for me to warm up." "hoho, ye cold-blooded snake. c'mere, i'll warm us up for ye!"

"jamil! did ye see me? how'd i go? did i sing good - my dancing, how's that? i did great, aye? aye?" "haha, you did. i almost couldn't believe it. you're quite the star." "i knew so! do ye want to see me again?"

"look at yourself. what you're doing is hurting you. slow down." "slow down? so weak is what ya think of me? i thought you of all people would trust me!"

i adore you at your ugliest, most selfish form.

"what did you wish for?" "many, many, many things! i could go all night!" "oh? then tell me one of them." "well... i wished for me to see yer face a thousand more mornings over."

"I saw what ya did! You made Kalim-" "Shh! Look at me... and let me explain myself, okay?" ... "You're too easy. The one you see reflected in your eyes is your master. Answer when I ask. Bow when I command. Snake Whisper." "...Ahhh...whaaat? Who do ya think you are???" !?

"...so I told the little fairy, nay, they can't have our mangoes! So she got a little mad, I stole her pixie dust, and then- ...oh?" 💤 "Hehe, sweet dreams, Jamil. Sooo, then I sprinkled some dust on my feet, and I flew away..."

"What if I don't love you at all? What will you do with me?" "Oh, you. Always askin' what if, what if -- sige nga! -- what do ye think I'll do?" "...You'll never leave me alone." "Is that what you want?"

The whole world goes on while I cry for someone I don't deserve to mourn.

"I do too. I want to be free. But fate binds us all. Mine just so happens to be this, and… while it's a faraway wish, I want to defy it completely, and quickly." "You will," A mischievous yet hopeful smile lit up her face. "I'll… watch you. Wait for you. I'll be by yer side."

"What you're doing is hurting you, Guno."

"Jamil. Did ya know? I've killed people before. As a little one." "What?" "Or else they'd kill me, Mama, or Gilly." [Silence.] "...I see. Alright." "Wah? That's all yer gonna say?" "What reason do I have to say anything more? You did... what you had to do. To survive."

"Jamil, I know it's not somethin' you'd want, but I think I could be by yer side forever. The world's just that much more beautiful with you. I truly believe you make it a little more special... Hehe."